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Document Reference	Pl C 1/728
Title	Letter from John Cossen, Wimpole, to Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford, Dover Street, London; 3 Sep. 1732
Date	3 September 1732
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Refers to the great amount of work that is being done carting bricks, coal and other items while the ground is hard; writes that 'the Cole Yard' is almost completed but is fearful of the effects on the garden wall which is leaning; mentions that there is not much water about and not much rent being collected; adds that a relative of John Handley lost his house and most of his possessions in the fire at Barrington.
Term	fires, Barrington
	estate business, Wimpole
	building works, Wimpole, coal yard

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
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

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