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Richard How II to Silena Ramsay. Neighbours' opinions of the scheme: canvassing for...
Catalogue reference: HW/88/46
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HW/88/46
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Date (When the record was created)
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13-15 Nov 1761
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Description (What the record is about)
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Richard How II to Silena Ramsay. Neighbours' opinions of the scheme: canvassing for future customers. T. Walduck thinks it advisable to brew rather than to buy the beer at Ampthill ... They say you must have 9 bushels of malt. query pale or brown, or half of each? & 4½ lb[?] of hops. Edmunds is willing Bartram should brew for you at his house. The beer may be fit to drink in 2 months. Should the Malt be got of Shofford or Whittingstall? The hops I suppose of Roobards .... I find many families complain of Freeman's [another brewers?] prices. - Nanny Robbins thinks it best not to begin with lace till the spring. - Several suggestions for maids & assistancts - Sally thinks it would be well to have a stock of elder wine, as a little warm'd might Please customers better than ale. Need to buy new grates for the house. - Arrangements & cost of removals from Ilford by waggon.
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- Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Record URL
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HW/88
Letters From Richard How II To Silena Ramsay And Letters By Silena, Before Her Marriage.
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How White Papers
Within the series: HW/88
Letters From Richard How II To Silena Ramsay And Letters By Silena, Before Her Marriage.
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Richard How II to Silena Ramsay. Neighbours' opinions of the scheme: canvassing for...