| Description | Includes letters from: William Cross, York (2 pieces); John Legard, Northampton and Gregry Cooper, Parliament Street (2 pieces) (both to Thomas Grimston in France); J Johnston, Beverley; Beachcroft, Seward and West, London (5 pieces); P Panton, Plas Gwyn and Lincoln's Inn (3 pieces); Thomas Fentham, 49, Strand; Jane Legard, Ganton and Harrogate (7 pieces); G Strickland, Boynton; Philip S Maister, Hull; Robert C Broadley, Hull (5 pieces); William Withen, York; William Strickland, Welburn and Howsham (10 pieces); T Francklin, Queen Street; H Maister, Hull, Warley Camp and Stevenage (7 pieces); Richard Whitehouse, Gainsborough; F Boynton, Cherry Burton (6 pieces); Sir Joseph Pennington, Warter; H Cook, Stoke Holy Cross; Robert Hildyard, Stratton Street and Winestead (5 pieces); Jane Valltravers, Duke Street, Westminster; Peter Taylor, York; John Bell, London; John Best, House of Correction, Beverley; Jard Strickland, jnr., Parlington; Alexander Cozens; John Grimston to Thomas Grimston; Reverend D Wasropp, Heighington; William Mosey, Lund; Josuiah Grove, New Inn (5 pieces); Mathew C St Quintin, York (2 pieces); R Talloh, Brampton; Sir George Savile, Leicester Fields (and copy reply); Arthur Maister, Hull (6 pieces); Harriot Lis (- ?), 35 St James' Street; J Bewman, York and Beverley (2 pieces); William Parker, Hull; Thomas Smith, Beverley; Francis Best, South Dalton; T Legard, Harrow; S Mills, Norbury (2 pieces); William Preston, York; Edward Cottrell, Swansea; William Hooke, Broad Street, Soke; John Graves, York; Robert Grimston, Warley Camp and London (3 pieces); H Willoughby, Birdsall (4 pieces); Josuiah Garth, London (2 pieces); John and George Telford, York; John Legard, Ganton and Hertford (4 pieces); H Duncombe, Scarborough; William Warner, Foston; Edward Offley, Wetwang; William Taylor, Beswick; John Batty, York; Elizabeth Grimston, Neswick (3 pieces); B Storr, Beverley; Monsieur Rouere, Tours (to Thomas Grimston); G Legard, Warley Camp; Lister Mair, Hilston; W Raines, Wyton (2 pieces); F Worsley, Hovingham; (T Grimston), Turin to Madame Shmith, Lincolnshire (copies) (2 pieces); William Anderson, Kilnwick (3 pieces); (T C ?), York (2 pieces); Jas Collins, Londesborough; William Strickland to Thomas Grimston in Turin; G Cayley, Brompton; William Whately, London (2 pieces); Thomas Hall, Hull; John Brooke, New Malton (to Mr Jacubs, at Mrs Bishup's, Burlington Key); Robert Knowsley, Cottam; Francis Best; John Hoggard, Beverley; John Todd, York; G Legard, Stevenage; John Griffith, Handsworth near Sheffield; J Wontey, Barnes; JR Clarehall; John Boydell, Cheapside; Joseph Williamson, Melton Hill; B Foord, York; M Stow, Warley Camp; Francis Drake, Winestead; (Thomas Grimston ?), Paris (draft): Malden, Tours, to Thomas Grimston. Concerning: servants; third playhouse built in London; financial, social and family affairs; estate (Hull); weymouth pine seed and stone pine seed purchased; books; directions for using Cook's Compound Slate ('Demand is very large for the East and West Indies, some sent to Mexico by order of the King of Spain...', (11 Mar 78); political matters; possibility of war with France; 'America will not make peace with this Administration'; improvements and new staircase at Ganton Hall French Academy, Monk Bar, York; College of Glasgow; Militia law and allowances, (May 78); art exhibitions in London ('The painters...have got a way of tinging both hair and complexions with such strange glaring colours that hardly a human tint is to be found'; the work of Mrs Delany is 'executed with such accuracy as to bear the inspection of a botanist', (16 May 1778); proposed alterations at York Castle (21 May 1778 and 15 Jun 1778); Chaplain of the militia; marriage of William Strickland; 'Great alterations at Buxton under the direction of your countryman Car - The whole Plan is upon a very large scale..... said to be in the Estimate of £120,000 and upwards'; canal (near Swansea) is finished-'our barges launched into it and the coal proves beyond our most sanguine expectation', (24 Jun 1778); opinion of the Welsh character; microscopes; Bridlington and Scarborough piers being eaten away by insects; purchase of horses; Warley militia camp; operations of Admiral Keppel off French coast (6 Aug 1778; 12 Oct 1778 and nd); list of varieties of fruits and vines grown in France; interior of new carriage, 31 Dec 1778; application for a tidewaiter's place at Skipsea; picture frames made in York by Mr Gibson; repair of repeating watch; resignation of Robert Grimston from militia because of ill-heath; comment on American war, (12 Oct 1778); directions for use of a cockle tin, (Oct 78); account of visit of King to militia camp at Warley, (Oct 78; tenants destroying cover on the Balks near Londesborough; purchase of commission for George Legard; officers of the 69th regiment are 'almost all Scotchmen and very much given to be quarrellsome... .any other countryman is looked upon as an interloper'; matters connected with John Grimston's duties as a magistrate; Leonard Milburn and his wife 'are proper Objects of Relief and wear Badges, as paupers belonging to the Township of Hutton Cranswick', (2 Nov 1778); caricature 'Eloisa and Abelard', sold by Tessiman of York, 'where our mutual acquaintance and friend hath met with scurrilous usage'; duel between Mr Dubarry and Mr Rice at Bath; gardener; Cottenham cheeses; annual balance sheet of account of John and Thomas Grimston with Beachcroft, Seward and West; account for prints bought from John Boydell, (l775-1778) 'York is greatly changed in politicks since I was here last'; more troops may be sent to America and new 'light covering for a house, instead of the paper roof'. |