| Description | Includes letters from: William Gray jnr., York (4 pieces); Robert Hustwick, Hull; William Wardell, Beverley (2 pieces); T Stephenson, Kilnwick Lodge; Stert and Plasket, London. John Croft, York; Thomas Legard, Driffield and 'Iris', Spithead (2 pieces); Thomas Smith, Walter Grimston and Medley Sylvester Grimston, Scotter (3 pieces); Elizabeth Smith, Paris; Charles Hotham, Dalton; John Lockwood, Beverley. Concerning: estate (Birkby; Lovesome Hill); financial affairs; William Gray appointed Distributor of Stamps for York and West Riding; price and description of new chaise to be made by R Hustwick, including 'patent wheels', (28 Jan 1790); appointment of Sheriff (Yorkshire), (26 Feb 1790); wines available from John Croft; reports on progress of Thomas Grimston's children at school at Scotter; Dutch and British battleships at St. Helen's, Portsmouth, Spithead and Torbay ('The General Opinion at this Jewish Town of Portsmouth is that we shall have no War but God forbid say I, a Fortune I must make if possible'. Admiral Hotham could be 'of use to Mr Legard' and Thomas Grimston elected Trustee of White Cross Road. |