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
Encloses Mrs Elmsley's bill. Hopes she hasn't suffered seriously from her fall. Has begun a poem, which if finished must be dedicated to PE. Negotiating for Wynn about a school (?).
Grosvenor Charles Bedford to Peter Elmsley
Unable to organise means of travel to come and stay with PE. Love to the ladies and the 'bratlets.'
Grosvenor Charles Bedford to Peter Elmsley
A bill of Mrs Elmsley has been accepted at the Treasury. Has just returned from visiting Bignor Roman Villa (discovered three years previously), Petworth, Chichester Cathedral and Chertsey Abbey (being dug up by the owner for materials).
Grosvenor Charles Bedford to Peter Elmsley
Treasury is dithering over a memorial.
Grosvenor Charles Bedford to Peter Elmsley
Father has died of a stroke - asks PE to conduct the funereal in Covent Garden Church.
Grosvenor Charles Bedford to Peter Elmsley
Encloses a bill from the Ordnance Office. Is riding with the LHV (Light Horse Volunteers of London and Westminster?)- tells the story of a letter from a battle field - 'Napoleon has had a horse killed under him, and Cambaceres (well-known homosexual) a drummer.'
Grosvenor Charles Bedford to Peter Elmsley
Encloses a letter from Gifford.
Grosvenor Charles Bedford to Peter Elmsley
Asks PE to call - his father has died.
Grosvenor Charles Bedford to Peter Elmsley
Apparently PE on behalf of his sister-in-law Mary Elmsley (nee Hallowell) has questioned whether Henry Bedford can forward letters to Mary's brother Admiral Sir Benjamin Hallowell Carew. Would like to accompany PE to Cambridge, but the notice is too short and his father is unwell.