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Reference Number705:73 BA14450/289/9 (1-4)
Hierarchy Browser Number350/7/10/1/14
TitleLetters from Mary Coventry [nee Laing, wife of William James Coventry]
DescriptionLetters sent from Earls Croome [Worcestershire]. Item 705:73 BA14450/289/9 (1) sends thanks for the doll for Ella and the bonnet for Fredda, and other gifts. Item 705:73 BA14450/289/9 (2) talks of her new baby boy, is now recovering from her confinement. Lord Deerhurst wishes his name to be Gilbert, 'I suppose it must be so, but I cannot say I like the name at all'. Item 705:73 BA14450/289/9 (3) requests that she sends ham and fish for their party. Item 705:73 BA14450/289/9 (4) sends thanks for the ham and fish received, dinner went off well. William is still busy with his hay, they have no wheat this year which 'I am rather sorry for, as I always consider it the most like money of any crop that is grown', talks of other farm matters.
Date6 Jun 1826-15 Jul 1830
CategoryCorrespondence
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