Returns agreement signed and witnessed.
Will discuss with CD at Christmas the possibility of purchasing some land with delapidated housing.
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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.
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.
Thanks JH for his exposition of the effects of falling grain and lifestock prices on farm income.
Discusses rent reduction and possibility of a lease.
Discusses his account. Mentions the rent.