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zDDGR - GRIMSTON FAMILY OF GRIMSTON GARTH AND KILNWICK
42 - John Grimston (1725-1780)
5 - Various letters relating to John Grimston
Level
Piece
Finding No
DDGR/42/5/22
Extent
1 item
Title
Letter to John Grimston at Kilnwick from N Maister at Hull
Date
13 May 1755
Description
Includes references to Grimston's letter to Cross being sent with the Ale; the journey of the ale having caused a fermentation, which almost caused the heads of the casks to burst out and that which leaked out being replaced by best ale ordered by his Cooper; Mr Hogarth's print; not subscribing to Burton's Antiquities of Yorkshire; Drake's Antiq[uities] of York; not having seen the Court of Augustus but would like to, and any other new work that Grimson feels is worth reading; preferring to leave Politics and Religion to others; an enclosed Deed which Mrs Nelson had left; Grimston's wine being ready; a message to Lady Legard that the wine Sir George Cayley ordered and the [mountain] she ordered are ready; baskets of che[ese] from Bristol and Mrs Draper
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