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D3580 - Longsdon family of Little Longstone - [14th-20th Cent]
- C - Correspondence

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D3580/C/268
Title	John Longsdon to mother
Date	8 Mar 1812
Description	Visit 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.
Extent	1 item
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Longsdon family of Little Longstone
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Term	Letters (documents)

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