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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D3580/C/268
TitleJohn Longsdon to mother
Date8 Mar 1812
DescriptionVisit postponed until May. What was conversation with Mrs Barker? Make coffee very good indeed - buy best article raw, getting it roasted and making it himself in a Biggin. If she wants a coffee biggin which costs 9/- let writer know, he will bring one with him as well as some coffee - 16d per 1b best Dutch raw coffee.
Family visit to Doctor W - wife's family well - remembrances. Note to Bessy - want a good breakfast every morning and cannot get good eggs - will she collect about 8 dozen - say a hundred in pack sawdust in such a box as he sent the apples down in and to him at No 5, Pannal Lane by coach from Chesterfield. Thomas Gardam and writer would enjoy them very much.
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RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorLongsdon family of Little Longstone
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