Mr Hardy, CD’s tenant at Beesby, has spent £105 on improvements to the farm. JH suggests different ways of recompensing the tenant, and asks for CD’s decision.
Mr Hardy, CD’s tenant at Beesby, has spent £105 on improvements to the farm. JH suggests different ways of recompensing the tenant, and asks for CD’s decision.
Returns agreement signed and witnessed.
Will discuss with CD at Christmas the possibility of purchasing some land with delapidated housing.
Thanks JH for draft. Glad to hear account of farmhouse.
Discusses accounts.
Cannot visit Alford [farm] this summer.
Agrees to lease land to Mr Mason. Discusses arrangements for bank draft.
Discusses account. Glad that all is prosperous.
Arranges to pay subscription on 15 Feb and 16 Aug as requested by Mr Mason.
Agrees to pay Mr Mason as requested.
Mentions his account; visit to Lincolnshire by his sister [Susan Darwin].
Discusses possible land transactions.
Discusses his account. Mentions death of his father and his own inheritance.
Comments on his account.
Discusses his accounts.
Agrees to reduce rent on farm because of bad times.
Discusses his account.
Discusses his account. Mentions reduction in rent due to agricultural conditions.
Asks his opinion concerning possible investment. Asks about possible land sale to Mr Mason.
Mentions his account. Reduction in rent paid by Mr Hardy.
Discusses his account and rent reduction. Comments on agricultural prices.
Explains the effects of the falling prices of wheat and cattle on the rents from CD’s and his sister Susan Elizabeth Darwin’s farms.