| Description | Includes letters from: Mathew Suckling, Queen Street; Leonard Collings, Hull; Matthew. Remington, Beverley; JB Durade, London and Aix-en-Provence (7 pieces); W Wilberforce, Ferriby; John Graves, York (4 pieces); Thomas Grimston, Cheam (16 pieces); Robert Grimston, London, Paris, Aix-en-Provence, Nice (14 pieces); James Bedsford, Gosport; P Grimston, York; Ralph Lutton, York; B Legard, York; C Turner, Aix; John Grimston to Sir George Savile and Edward Burrows (copies); P Panton, Holywell and Plas Gwyn (2 pieces); Robert Hildyard, York and Winestead (5 pieces); W Stables, York (2 pieces); Chas Avison, Newcastle; C Hotham; Lucy Osbaldeston, Hutton Bushell; W Turner, Aix; Nathaniel Maister, Hull (2 pieces); JP du Roveray, London; James Ryder, Mile End; W Anderson, Kilnwick; D Legard, London (3 pieces); Greg Cooper, London (4 pieces), London (4 pieces); Henry Maister, Hull; William Whately, London (5 pieces); J Legard, London; L Mazell, London; Will Wailes, Northallerton (2 pieces); Henry Duckworth, Bracken; William Mosey, Lund; W Manby, Denver near Downham; John Grimston to Bob Grimston and Mr Durade (copies); Jane Grimston, York; H W Osbaldeston, Hunmanby; J Brown, Newcastle; Harry Foggy, Northallerton; Francis Legard, York; John Taylor, Bridlington; Thomas Payler, Lincoln's Inn Field; T Robinson, Welburn; Will and Mary Gilpin, Cheam (2 pieces). Concerning: estate (Beverley; Hull; Lovesome Hill; Bracken Hill; Grimston; Lund; Kilnwick; Deighton; Birkby); Chaplet, formerly belonging to Madame Pompadour, sent to John Grimston on approval; letters from Thomas Grimston at Cheam School; financial, social and political affairs; Robert Grimston's travels in France with Mr Durade (descriptions of towns in southern France; quarrel between Robert Grimston and Mr Durade[?]) collector of revenues of Port of Hull; subscription for 12 concertos by Charles Avison, organist in Newcastle; The Stamp Act; account for Arquebusade water and Swiss tea; inoculation ('injection att the arm instead of the throat...'); description of a new chaise costing £90; riot at Eton; natural history books and prints; Buxton described as 'this vile sink of a vile country'; exchange of land with Mr Hudson at inclosure of Bessingby; Patrington Turnpike; Bill to prevent export of wheat etc painting (the Fountain of Vaucluse) by Mr Durade; Naburn enclosure; East Newton enclosure; Weddel's collection of paintings in Rome -'he has laid out £10000'. |