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Richd. How II (Aspley) to Wm. Tomlinson. ... Pray take MY silver knee buckles out...

Catalogue reference: HW/87/87

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This record is a file about the Richd. How II (Aspley) to Wm. Tomlinson. ... Pray take MY silver knee buckles out... dating from 20 Jan 1744/5.

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Reference

HW/87/87

Date

20 Jan 1744/5

Description

Richd. How II (Aspley) to Wm. Tomlinson. ... Pray take MY silver knee buckles out of the desk & send down with the mustard 'hook & the polished silver belonging to the opake part of the microscope. - More books requested. - The gentleman who lives at Crawley [Mr. Langston] .... imagines you are inclining to a consumption. & he being pretty famous for his cures obliged me to write of what he is almost certain would be of service to you, viz..: Take Fryers Balsam 2 Ounces & Conserve of roses,. 2 ounces, make an electuary, take a large teaspoonful in the morning fasting, drink 1 pint of milk warm from the cow sweetened with sugar of roses, & ride about a mile after it; the same at four in the afternoon. & If the stomach lbe empty at bedtime ..

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Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service
Language

English

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HW/87

Letters & Papers of the How Family

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Richd. How II (Aspley) to Wm. Tomlinson. ... Pray take MY silver knee buckles out...