Catalogue description G. Talbot, London to FFT, Bosworth Hall   Net will be finished in 3 weeks time. Best...

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Reference: DG39/1111
Description:

G. Talbot, London to FFT, Bosworth Hall

 

Net will be finished in 3 weeks time. Best wishes to his sister. Charles Dormer has been in town. Opposition to his going to join Emperor's army because of the war with the Turks. Wishes he could join FFT in hunting with Mr. Meynell's hounds. Sorry he has lamed his sister's mare. Asks him to lend him his sword. Dragnet is 10 yds long with extensions to 16 yards and ten feet deep with 1¾ inch mesh. Some English merchantmen returning from Jamaica valued at £20,000 each (10 ships) were captured by the Spaniards. News about St. Kitts not confirmed.
Date: 12th March 1782
Held by: Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for, not available at The National Archives
Language: English

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