| Description | Includes letters from: Neville Stow, Ossett near Grays, Essex; R Gale, Northallerton; Henry Maister, Hull (3 pieces); John Taylor, Bridlington; John Graves, York (16 pieces); L Boldero, Chancery Lane (3 pieces); JB Durade, London (2 pieces): Nathaniel Maister, Hull (12 pieces); S. Mills, Norbury (4 pieces); J Preston, York; D Legard, Ganton (9 pieces); Dorothy Wright, York (6 pieces); Robert Hildyard, Leicester Fields and Winestead (2 pieces) Matt St Quintin, York; S Johnston, Winestead; Samuel Thompson; Jos Thompson 'R Row'; P Panton, Holywell and Derwent Hall (2 pieces); William Grove, Bath; Josuiah Ryder, White Chapel Road; Francis Legard, York and Welburn (4 pieces); Charles Cottrell, Scarborough (2 pieces); Cal[?] Marshall, Cranswick (2 pieces); Edward Nixon, Howden; William Mosey and M Stow, Kilnwick (2 pieces); Mr and Mrs Valltravers, Circus; J Legard, Ganton (2 pieces); Francis Boynton, Beverley; Francis Best, Beverley; Jane Grimston, York (2 pieces); P Mazell, Windmill Street, Tottenham Court Road; D Campbell, York; John Moreing, Cabinetmaker, Maiden Lane, Covent Garden; Ashton Lever, Alkrington; Thomas West, St Mary Hill (3 pieces); R Hargreaves, Foundling Hospital, Ackworth; Josuiah Wordsworth, Wadsworth (3 pieces); William Raines, Beverley; Mary and W Parker, Piccadilly (2 pieces); William Waines, Beverley; G Strickland, Boynton; Robert Grimston, Turin, London, York and Hutton Bushell (5 pieces); Anthony Todd, General Post Office to Mr Bland, Beverlay Postmaster; George Adams, 60 Fleet Street; William Smyth, Warner Street, Cold Bath Fields; 'W W' (William Whately) (4 pieces); V Gale, Northallerton (3 pieces); Alex Cozens; W Stables, York (5 pieces); H Duncombe; Robert Thomasrnton, London; James Noye, London; Thomas Skelton, Scarborough; Henry Hewgill, Birdsall and Askham (3 pieces); J Bowmall, Beverley; Jos Hancock and Sons, Sheffield; Todd and Sotheron, York; T Robinson, Welburn; Beachcroft, Seward and West, London. Concerning: Eskimos' clothing, canoe, sea cow's head and other curiosities sent to John Grimston; method of catching sea cows; descriptions of wildlife in Newfoundland. Estate (Birkby and Smeaton; Sutton Ings; Rotsea; Lockington Wood; Hull; Hunmanby; Fordon); Inclosure [Enclosure] of Myton Carr and of Bridlington, (Jan 1768); legal proceedings in dispute with Walter Hardwick over will of Admiral Medley; social, financial and family affairs; elections (Bath; Bristol; London; Oxford; Hull; York; Scarborough) James Ryder robbed and attacked by footpads near Shadwell Market, London; floods at Howden; Inoculation; Comptroller of Bridlington; books and prints; cabinet ornamented with ebony and tortoiseshell purchased from John Moreing (6 May 1768); John Grimston's collection of curiosities; John Grimston elected a Governor of Ackworth Foundling Hospital Charity; Gardener; keeping Burton ale; 'It is a general opinion in the country that funerals passing along establishes an High road for Carriages', (24 Jun 1768); payment for delivery of letters; legal proceedings relating to payment of tithes in the case of Liddell versus Reverend Randle Hancock, Rector of Walkington; microscopes; King of Denmark visiting London; London theatre; servants; etchings; Major Weddell killed when York stage coach overturned at Wansford, (10 Oct 1768); Bridge over Watton Beck, between Watton Lane and Kilnwick Common, (13 Nov 1768); wigs; Cumberland election; political matters. |