Letter from Uvedale Price, Foxley, to Lady Margaret Beaumont, 1803 September 10 : autograph manuscript signed.

Saying that the gardener James Cranston cannot make the trip to Lowther until the following spring or summer, because of his engagements and the length of the journey; discussing the dates for a proposed trip to Coleorton in October; asking after Sir George's health and saying that he expects he made many drawings at Mulgrave Castle, "having been among so many beautiful scenes"; saying that Cranston makes more money by "his employments here" than he would by traveling up to Lowther, though this consideration comes from Price himself and not Cranston, who "has never mentioned a word of the subject to me"; adding that the expense of paying for his travel would be considerable for either the Beaumonts or Lord Lonsdale, and for the latter, "rich as he is, he might object to paying so much for a man who has no name like a Brown or a Repton, though your recommendation of him from your own knowledge & experience, ought to weigh more with him infinitely than the popularis aura"; adding that he is "truly anxious that such a place as you describe [Lowther] to be, should not suffer from a professor, yet I cannot urge Cranston to leave his wife & family & his constant employments here without gaining anything by it"; writing that Cranston is, however, so flattered by the Beaumonts' recommendation of him that he will probably make the trip later in the year.