| Description | Includes letters from: Rodolph Valltravers, London (3 pieces); William Mosey, Lund; B Foord, Scampston; John Graves, York (8 pieces); John Taylor, Bridlington; James Findlay, Kilnwick; William and John Perfect, Pontefract; Henry Maister, Hull (2 pieces). J Lee; John Man, Hull; Paul Panton, Holywell and Plas Gwyn (4 pieces); Barth Valle and Company, London; J Legard, Harrow; G Crampton, Harrow (3 pieces); John Shoulter, Lincoln; George Brook, Howden; Thomas Baber, Grosvenor Square; S Mills, Norbury (2 pieces); Samuel Walter, Holmpton; John Trenchard; Mathew Duane; A Hunter, York; W Stables, York (2 pieces); William Anderson, Kilnwick; R Grimston, Neswick; James Ryder. Mutton Lane (2 pieces); Thomas Pennant, Donning; Francis Legard, York; Joseph Williamson, Melton Hill; Arthur Maister, Hull; Benjamin Heath, Harrow; Isaac Broadley, Hull; Bishop of Clogher, Stamford Bridge and Chester (2 pieces); John Croft, York; Josuiah Grove, New Inn; William Whately, London; John Healey, Hull; Thomas Grimston, Trinity Hall, Cambridge (2 pieces); Thomas Thomasrnton, Arnold; W Parker, London; Robert Bvans, Londesborough; J Legard, Ganton; Robert Hildyard, Bath. Concerning: financial, estate, social and family affairs; Tunstall Inclosure [Enclosure]; James Findlay, servant of John Grimston, wishes to emigrate to America but is discouraged by his employer-'Many people have greatly lamented and rued their change', (Feb74); gardener; hounds; new house for Society of Agriculture in London, (19 Apr 1774) books and prints; sale of Mr Valltravers' house, 'Rokhall', in Switzerland, (19 Apr 1774). See also DDGR/38/160; price of oak pails; 'Curious ring lately found at Malton... perhaps Druidical'; land of John Grimston 'adjoining to the Bush Ditch' in Hull required for making docks and quays, (16 Sep 1774); application for position of Assistant to Collector of Tonnage at Hull Docks, with list of Commissioners; account for quarter's expenses at Harrow School; 16 Cottenham cheeses sent from Cambridge to Kilnwick; Request for a search warrant. |