Various letters relating to Thomas Grimston

DDGR/43/29

Various letters relating to Thomas Grimston

Jan-Dec 1809

Includes letters from: Henry Grimston, Hinckley (3 pieces); Oliver Foster Hull; Lockwood and Shepherd, Beverley; GE Dundale, Middleham (2 pieces); Stepn Dickinson, Hull; John Cayley, Fangfoss (2 pieces); Henry Grimston, Kensington (2 pieces); William Anguish, Belvoir; William Collier, Bowes; George Hassell, Great George Street; Martin Burnell, York; Richard Erskine, York; G Worsley, Stonegrave; Griffiths, Harrow; Snowden Barne, Dunwich, Suffolk (2 pieces); John Chappell Tozer, Teignmouth; HW Maister, Hull; Oswald Grimston, Harrow (3 pieces); Charles Grimston, Cambridge; William Rogerson, Garton (2 pieces); Henry Maister, Winestead; H Porter, Hull (2 pieces); AS Leith, Lansdown Crescent, Bath; A Stovin, Secretary, Holderness Agricultural Society, Hull. Concerning: Henry Grimston treated at Hinckley for disorder in his arm; 'Twelfth night cake'; social and financial affairs; volunteers; horses; Driffield Hunt Room, (2 May 1809); horticulture; Mr Pitt's Dinner, London Tavern, (29 May 1809); servants; work on house at Bowes, (2 Jun 1809); purchase of boots and feathers in London, (29 May 1809); Margate Sea Bathing Infirmary, (29 May 1809); account for goods bought for Thomas Grimston in London (including 'smoke dispercer'); rooms for Charles Grimston at Trinity Hall; new lodgings for Oswald and Henry Grimston at Harrow; apprenticeship of Henry, son of John Atward (servant of Thomas Grimston) to John Portbary of Teignmouth, (28 Oct 1809); wine; Jubilee celebrations at Harrow, (6 Nov 1809); request for testimonial for James Clement of Driffield, surgeon, prospective army surgeon for East Riding. Holderness Agricultural Society; Norfolk drill-roller made for Thomas Grimston at the Hull Foundry, (21 Nov 1809), (l7 Dec 1809); 'Bonaparte... only makes peace with a view to future war when better prepared...' (l7 Dec 1809).

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