| Description | Includes letters from: Stephen Thompson, London (13 pieces); Thompsons and Seward, London (6 pieces); Cayla, Solier freres, Verdun and Company, Cadiz; William Grove, London, Bath and Buckland, Devon (31 pieces); William Pettigrew (2 pieces); Walter Hardwick, Hull and London (6 pieces); James Henryshaw, Towerhill (3 pieces); James Gee, Beverley (2 pieces); Daniel Draper, Boynton (2 pieces); John Lewis, Gibraltar (2 pieces); Arthur Gardiner, 'Amazon' at the Nore (2 pieces); T[?] Cooper, Covent Garden; Robert Palmer, London; Richard Darley; W[?] Stables, York; Thomas Harlin, Beverley; M[?] Rogers; William Rowley, Tendring Hall; Sarah Rippon; James Howe, Leghorn; Daniel Hailey, London; George Murray, Edinburgh (2 pieces); Thomas Clarke, Holland's Coffee House in Thames Street; Benjamin Smith, Linton near Skipton; W[?] Goostrey, Ludgate Hill and Thomas Steeles, Clerk to Mr Barnard, Cursitors Street; T[?] Cooper, London; Pas[?] Stevens, Admiralty Office; William Wray, New Palace Yard, Westminster (2 pieces); John Caesar, Doctors Commons. Concerning: settlement of financial affairs and prize money of Admiral Henry Medley, deceased; Stephen Thompson's house in Yorkshire to be completed by 1752; cattle distemper; William Grove proposes to purchase a holding of Winchester college in the Isle of Wight when present matters are settled, and to enter business in the corn trade; requests of Walter Hardwick for money and assistance in finding a ship; house and land in the Southams, Buckland, co. Devon purchased by William Grove; 'Ruinous and decayed condition' of Register Office, Beverley, and proposed repairs; estates at Rotsea and East Newton and the Manor of Clifton. |