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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/651
Title
5 and 6 May 1853
(Received 19 Aug) by Africa to New York. 6. EL [Longsdon] to William Longsdon. Another welcome letter on Tuesday and very glad he continued well. Good of him to write so late at night when longing for rest - very strange of Charles not to send him particulars of how he found things on reaching home - is certainly too easy but nothing further from his mind than to grieve him in any way. Always a fault in Charles' writing that not explicit enough. Lizzie still here. Daily chronicle and local news.
Gave William message about lambs - he considers he has had good luck having only lost two which were born dead - now 28 - good average 1 1/3 per ewe. Went to Chapel Fair on Tuesday and bought 10 cows for £90.10s but could not get any at Chesterfield. Does not know how to get enough beasts for not to be found and few he can see are too dear. ½ dozen farms near haven't been able to buy. Randal walling gaps, mixing bones (a most offensive operation), taking care of William's charge, 2 days sowing mangel and rolling. Matthew harrowing, mixing bones, loading manure, rolling and at Chesterfield one day with William.
Date
1853
Level
file
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator
Longsdon family of Little Longstone
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