| Description | Includes letters from: John Lockwood, Beverley (2 pieces); Robert Hustwick, Hull; William Bethell, Rise; John Cayley, Brompton Green; W Cayley, Hull; J Legard, Ganton; Gray and Thomasrpe, York (2 pieces); B Foord; AW Thorpe, York; MS Grimston, Scotter; T Smith, Scotter; William Wardell, Beverley; Thomas Thompson, Hull; W Comber, Kirkby Moorside; D Egg, Haymarket; Thomas Legard,'Friendship' Armed Sloop, Nore; James Newman, London; William Rogerson, Hull; William Gray, York; W Gilpin, Cheam (2 pieces). Concerning: subscription for East Yorkshire Militia; glass for repair of chaise; estate and financial affairs; attendance on Grand Jury; 'We hope you escape the shock of this great Bank-quake. Who wd. [would] have thought the East Riding Bank would have shut up?'(8 Mar 1793); removal of Thomas Grimston's sons from school at Scotter to Cheam; times of tides at Hull; prosecution of-Pickering for felony and possibility of bail; description and price of sabres and pistols ordered for Volunteers, (3 Sep 1793); Thomas Legard has offered his services at the siege of Dunkirk; 'The Government are afraid to make known that Toulon is again in the possession of the French....grumbling throughout the Navy with respect to Lord Chathams Conduct', (18 Sep 1793) and Lund inclosure [enclosure] meeting. |