Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/436
Title	Letter from John Cossen, Wimpole, to Edward Harley, Lord Harley [later 2nd Earl of Oxford], Dover Street, London; 4 Feb. 1723/4
Date	4 February 1724
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Reports that Mr Gray and John Elsom have worked together and successfully mended the engine; had offered some teams to help Mr Glover at Whaddon, and sent some ploughs to Cart Hedge Wood; writes that Mr Glover then decided he did not need any help after all; lists the prices being paid for wheat, barley etc. at the present time; adds that a pheasant and a wood cock are being sent. Letter dated 4 Feb. 1723/24.
Term	estate business, Wimpole
Term	economic affairs, food prices

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA39060	Gray; - (fl 1724); Mr; engine-mender	fl 1724
NA39016	Elsom; John (-1738); Mr; farrier and ironworker at Wimpole	-1738
NA39062	Glover; John (fl 1724-1739); Mr; steward of 2nd Earl of Oxford's estate in Cambridgeshire	fl 1724-1739
NA38705	Cossen; John (fl 1713-1738); Mr; wood agent later chief agent of 2nd Earl of Oxford at Wimpole	fl 1713-1738
NA1047	Harley; Edward (1689-1741); 2nd Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; styled Lord Harley 1711-1724	1689-1741