BIB_ID
195963
Accession number
MA 13767
Creator
Cobbett, William, 1763-1835.
Display Date
1813 May 7.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 24 x 12.8 cm
Notes
Postmarked and addressed, "Mr. Margrave, / New Broad Street Court, / London."
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Concerning the management of Cobbett's farm, the use of a "hoe machine" in his fields, his current financial arrangements, including a large made payment to "Farmer Knight" which, according to the writer, "leaves my estate my own", and his need to arrange for 20 pounds a week of "ready money" for the next 6 months.
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