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PlC - Correspondence in the Portland (London) Collection, and Papers of W.H.C. Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, 1664-1809
1 - Correspondence relating to the Harley estates based at Wimpole and Welbeck (1707-39), with various earlier enclosures; 1664-1739
Document Reference
Pl C 1/495
Title
Letter from William Wenman, Edwinstowe [to Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford]; 16 Oct. 1725
Date
16 October 1725
Extent
2 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Requests a receipt for the enclosed bill for £300 on Samuel Smith [not present]; [referring to Lady Oxford's pregnancy], expresses his wish that God may 'give her a good time'.
Recipient identified by comparison with other letters in the same series; addressed 'May it please yo'r Lordship'.
Term
accounts, Harley
medical conditions, pregnancy
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Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA38770
Smith; Samuel (-1751); Mr; brother of Abel Smith; of Woodstreet and London
-1751
NA1048
Harley; Henrietta Cavendish (1694-1755); Countess of Oxford and Mortimer; née Lady Henrietta Cavendish Holles wife of the 2nd Earl of Oxford
1694-1755
NA38704
Wenman; William (-1750); Mr; secretary and agent to the Duke and Duchess of Newcastle and the Earl and Countess of Oxford
-1750
NA1047
Harley; Edward (1689-1741); 2nd Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; styled Lord Harley 1711-1724
1689-1741
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