Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/723
Title	Letter from John Cossen, Wimpole, to Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford, Dover Street, London; 3 Aug. 1731
Date	3 August 1731
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Reports that Mr Tunstal preached at Wimpole the previous Sunday and asked after the earl's health; writes that the wheat harvest is very good and plentiful; mentions that Mrs Grant's brother Mr Bull has seen the house and garden along with his wife and son, before spending the night with his son-in-law 'Sir Joe'; adds that the chimney-piece and 'mill lead for the piazza' have arrived.
Term	agriculture, crops, wheat
	tourism, country houses
	building works, Wimpole

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA39305	Tunstal; - (fl 1731); Mr; preacher at Wimpole	fl 1731
NA39306	Bull; - (fl 1731); Mr; brother of Mrs Grant of Cambs. and father-in-law of 'Sir Joe'	fl 1731
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