| Description | Includes letters from: Stephen Thompson, London (6 pieces); Thompsons and Seward, London (9 pieces); William Grove, Pisa and London (33 pieces); James Howe, Leghorn (2 pieces); Richard Darley, Bishop Wilton (3 pieces); Walter Hardwick, London (6 pieces); William Luck, London (2 pieces); 'NM' (Nathaniel Maister), Hull; Lucius O'Brien, St Martin's Lane and 'Colchester', off Cape Seciel (2 pieces); Arthur Villottes, Turin (2 pieces); Mord[?] Greene, Mahon; Thomas Corbett, Admiralty Office; William Rowley, London; John Lewis, Gibraltar; Thomas Bampfield, Towerhill; Daniel Hailey, London; Thomas West, London; John Robinson, Buckton; Robert Legard, Hull. Concerning: settlement of financial affairs and prize money of Admiral Henry Medley, deceased; price of stocks; list of Dutch ships, the cargoes of corn of which were sold at Mahon; fireworks in Beverley; at a display in London 'the End Pavilion.... burnt intirely to the Ground' (2 May 1749); marble table shipped from London to Hull; William Grove threatened by group of sailors in dispute over prize money. Requests of Walter Hardwick for money and loans; his intention to contest will of Admiral Medley, asserting that the Admiral was insane at the time it was made; mentions property in Belton Lincolnshire. Bribery and corruption at Parliamentary election in London; rents and arrears due to Richard Darley and Lady Wentworth; election of Registrar of East Riding Deeds Registry (Dec 1749); account of vessels taken by 'Colchester'; Piedmontese affairs (Feb-Mar 1748); Opinion of 'Clarissa' (15 Jan 1749). |