| Content Description | Has sent Samuel Jackson with mutton, '7 Ruffs and Reves', partridges and things from the garden; reports that thunder destroyed a house near Caxton and the chimneys at the postmaster's house; writes that Charles Gunter has appeared before Mr Nightingale and Captain Eversden and made an oath relating to the duty on the soap; states that an Order has been issued that the amount should be allowed in the next payment; blames the excise-man for the mistake.
Writes that Joseph Norman is refusing to organise transport to bring bricks and timber for repairs at his farm in Arrington, although they are ready for him; remarks that the teams at Wimpole are already busy enough with all the carting which needs to be done.
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