| Description | 'Letters respecting the affairs of G Strickland'.
Scrap of paper notes that there is no reference in the letters to George Strickland's dividends from his father but there is one reference of money lent by his brother, William Strickland. The letters mainly relate to the marriage settlement of George Strickland to Miss Craggs and ongoing estate finances.
Includes:
majority are from George Strickland to his brother, William Strickland and concern the monies from his wife's estate and highlight the complex and lengthy arrangements when formulating a marriage settlement which involves Chancery. He announces his marriage (25 Sep 1792) in Scotland to Jane Eleanor [Craggs?] who was underage at the time and daughter of a merchant in county Durham who has left her a good fortune and land in Durham. Mentions the birth of a baby boy (Sep 1793) called Walter, lack of financial support from his father, rough note on abstract of the marriage settlement of George Strickland 3 Mar 1796.
Includes letter from Isaac Broadley to William Strickland, 22 Sep 1796: settlement and leg injury from a horse
Letters from Mr Griffith regarding the sale of the estates
Arthur Mowbray to William Strickland regarding valuation of estates, 28 Oct 1796
Rough sketch showing parcel's of land called 'Houghton Plan' with some rental figures, nd. [1790s]
Handwritten auction notice regarding sale of five lots of George Strickland's estate with property at Houghton le Spring and other land
Letter from George Strickland to his brother regarding Walter's letter from Port au Prince of Dec 1796, 20 Feb 1797
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