Identity area
Reference code
Whittaker/Folder 6-15/Folder 6/8
Unique identifier
GB 275 Whittaker/Folder 6-15/Folder 6/8
Title
A.L.s., from Lawrence Palk Baker, Hallaton
Date(s)
- 31 August 1826 (Creation)
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Item
Extent and medium
2p paper
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Will be unable to take up JWW's invitation as he cannot find another to perform his 'Sunday duty', he has to oversee the painting of the Chapel as if he does not he knows 'what bungling work [his] rustic operatives will make of it', and he is to see an Oratorio of the Messiah. Gives news of the renovation of his house and also of the severe drought which has afflicted this district' causing much suffering.