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zDDGR - GRIMSTON FAMILY OF GRIMSTON GARTH AND KILNWICK
42 - John Grimston (1725-1780)
6 - Various letters relating to John Grimston
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Piece
Finding No
DDGR/42/6/10
Extent
1 piece
Title
Letter to John Grimston at Kilnwick from Nathan[ie]l Maister at [Hu]ll
Date
16 Mar 1756
Description
Includes references to Ryder; the small success of the Constables in picking up vagrant seamen, the latter keeping about the places where their fr[ien]ds reside and the connections between the Constables and the people being too strong to make them exert themselves; the press gangs letting nothing escape them that smells the least of Tar; his wife being pretty well recovered; Grimston's wife keeping in good health; the want of a book-keeper confining Maister more in the Counting ho[use] than in his workshops; if the Embargo continues having nothing else to do but employ himself at his Throw; Box wood; Harry having rec[eive]d Sir Digby's letter and will speak to the person about the Oak; Harry going to York and Ryder having been in and rec[eive]d his money but Maister being unsure if it was a gift or a Debt
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