Grosvenor Charles Bedford to Peter Elmsley
- GB 2014 WS-05-ELM-02-6-41
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- 1814-11-01
Riding season almost over. Proposes to ride out to spend the night with PE, along with Nicol.
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Grosvenor Charles Bedford to Peter Elmsley
Riding season almost over. Proposes to ride out to spend the night with PE, along with Nicol.
Grosvenor Charles Bedford to Peter Elmsley
Postpones proposed visit by a week.
Grosvenor Charles Bedford to Peter Elmsley
After an apparently long gap PE has written a letter in German-English (?). Porson's Aeschylus has appeared on his desk without a note - lent by PE?
Grosvenor Charles Bedford to Peter Elmsley
Wynn is in town.
Grosvenor Charles Bedford to Peter Elmsley
Proposes a visit with Nicol, and asks if PE can arrange an outing with a hunt. His cat has p_ssed again.
Grosvenor Charles Bedford to Peter Elmsley
Southey coming to dine - will PE join them?
Grosvenor Charles Bedford to Peter Elmsley
Asks for bed, board and stabling at start of journey to Petersburgh (?). If PE replies to Stafford Row rather than the Exchequer, he is not to mention the topic which has occupied his recent letter, since Bedford cannot guarantee that the letter will not be read by others. Someone (the king?) has been suffering from intestinal gas.
Grosvenor Charles Bedford to Peter Elmsley
Serious letter of advice. PE apparently is about to further a young man's career by finding him a situation abroad. Bedford warns against action which may give rise to a future claim from the young man's mother and sister, who will no longer have his support.
Grosvenor Charles Bedford to Peter Elmsley
Spearman has asked him to recommend Abbott, recently enrolled at St Alban Hall - formerly in the Light Horse Volunteers, and now seeking ordination as he has to support his family following the death of his father.
Grosvenor Charles Bedford to Peter Elmsley
Kidd has sent an agreeable letter concerning PE, which he has shown to Hallam - all PE's friends are indebted to Kidd for his attentions. Lord and Lady Grenville were most kind during Bedford's three days at Dropmore.