BIB_ID
414306
Accession number
MA 1581.125
Creator
Price, Uvedale, Sir, 1747-1829, sender.
Display Date
Downton Castle, England, 1804 August 24.
Credit line
Purchased from Benjamin Ifor Evans, 1954.
Description
1 item (4 pages, with address) ; 22.8 x 18.9 cm
Notes
Written from Downton Castle, Richard Payne Knight's home near Downton on the Rock, Herefordshire.
Address panel with seal and postmarks: "Ludlow August twenty fourth 1804 / Lady Beaumont / Coleorton Hall / Ashby de la Zouch / [illegible word] RP Knight."
This item was formerly identified as MA 1581 (Price) 59.
This letter is from a large collection of letters written to Sir George Howland Beaumont (1753-1827) and Lady Margaret Willes Beaumont (1758-1829) of Coleorton Hall, and to other members of the Beaumont family.
Address panel with seal and postmarks: "Ludlow August twenty fourth 1804 / Lady Beaumont / Coleorton Hall / Ashby de la Zouch / [illegible word] RP Knight."
This item was formerly identified as MA 1581 (Price) 59.
This letter is from a large collection of letters written to Sir George Howland Beaumont (1753-1827) and Lady Margaret Willes Beaumont (1758-1829) of Coleorton Hall, and to other members of the Beaumont family.
Provenance
Purchased as a gift of the Fellows from Benjamin Ifor Evans, 1954.
Summary
Discussing their planned alterations to Coleorton Hall, or "the excerable old Mansion, as Sir George calls it"; asking whether George Dance has arrived yet; conveying his ideas and James Cranston's ideas about how the nursery should be planted; saying that he is inclined to come over to Cranston's plan (which involves straight rows rather than irregular planting); giving his suggestions for the integration of different types of trees; describing the downsides to planting irregularly when it comes to upkeep; saying that he is looking forward to taking a certain ride to Grace Dieu in warm weather; saying that Knight asks to be remembered to the Beaumonts and adding "I came here to meet the Abercorns, who are here en force, that is with two sons, & two daughters; the weather has been most favourable & the place is in high beauty."
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