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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
- 27 - Miscellaneous and estate correspondence; 1780-1809

Document Reference	Pl C 27/12
Title	Letter from John Nicolson, Carlisle, Cumberland to John Cleaver, Carburton, Nottinghamshire; 2 Mar. 1779
Date	2 March 1779
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Sends 3 bills for £362 2s 3d; does not wish to send bills to Mr Hewitt at present; has received Cleaver's valuation of Miss Waugh's estate; is concerned about John Porter's delay with the accounts of 1777, apparently due to the 'Colliery business'; thinks the Duke of Portland's balance is £900 which is different to what the late Mr Benson thought; supposes George Mounsey's bill will have to be deducted; discusses the duke's account and comments that he would have deferred paying Mr Benson's bond debt if he had realised the situation; has written to duke about 'our turnpike business', and has received an answer from Portsmouth; has sent a letter to duke to introduce Mr Blamire; mentions arrangements to do with the road and the involvement of Sir James [Lowther]; reports disputes with tenants over Penrith Common. Mentions that the River Eden has made a breach in Kinnyholme near Rickerby; has given directions for it to be repaired; thinks that it is important land as Mr Richardson's grounds lie so close; mentions that Cleaver did not tell him that he got Lord Surrey's lease of the collieries; has heard nothing of the counterpart he sent to Mr Calvert; mentions the financial problems of Henry Sewell; has signed with Mrs Dufton for her land; refers to the damage done by the floods; reports that Dennison the gardener is in a bad way.
Term	financial affairs, Portland
Term	estate business, Cumberland

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Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA40357	Knagg; Robert (fl 1779); Mr	fl 1779
NA40358	Dennison; - (fl 1779); Mr; gardener	fl 1779
NA40359	Sewell; Henry (fl 1779); Mr	fl 1779
NA40360	Dufton; - (fl 1779); Mrs	fl 1779
NA40361	Richardson; - (fl 1779); Mr	fl 1779
NA11714	Howard; Charles (1746-1815); 11th Duke of Norfolk; styled Earl of Surrey from 1777 until succ. 1786	1746-1815
NA40362	Calvert; - (fl 1779); Mr	fl 1779
NA32842	Wallace; - (fl 1779); Mr; M.P.?	fl 1779
NA40363	Hudson; - (fl 1779); Mr	fl 1779
NA40364	Cooke; Ralph (fl 1758-1780); Mr	fl 1758-1780
NA1050	Lowther; James (1736-1802); Earl of Lonsdale	1736-1802
NA40365	Blamire; George (fl 1770-1787); Mr; of Cumberland	fl 1770-1787
NA36413	Hewitt; - (fl 1779); Mr	fl 1779
NA40366	Waugh; - (fl 1779); Miss	fl 1779
NA40367	Porter; John (fl 1779); Mr	fl 1779
NA40368	Benson; - (fl 1779); Mr	fl 1779
NA40369	Mounsey; George (fl 1752-1779); Mr; of Carlisle	fl 1752-1779
NA40370	Nicolson; John (fl 1779-1785); Mr; agent for the Duke of Portland's Cumberland estates	fl 1779-1785
NA32355	Cleaver; John (-1779); Mr; steward to 3rd Duke of Portland 1771-79	-1779

Places

Code	Set
PL3882	/Portsmouth/Hampshire/England
PL34498	/Penrith/Cumberland/England
PL37604	/Rickerby/Cumberland/England
PL37605	/Stanwix/Cumberland/England
PL690	/Cumberland/England