Record

Document Reference	Pl C 27/39
Title	Letter from William Speechly, Welbeck, Nottinghamshire to [W.H.C. Bentinck] 3rd Duke of Portland; 22 Apr. 1779
Date	22 April 1779
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Apologises for forgetting to say to the duke that it was too late to send plants or cuttings 'of the Wine sour Plumbs'; reports that the trees have some fruit on them; has 3 or 4 young trees which will be of a good size for removing by the end of the year; reports that they have had some rainy weather lately; asks whether it is by the duke's order that 'Little Park' is laid for hay.
Term	horticulture, fruit growing
Term	estate business, Nottinghamshire

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA40383	Speechly; William (1733-1819); Mr; gardener to the 3rd Duke of Portland; author of several works on horticulture	1733-1819
NA905	Bentinck; William H.C. Cavendish- (1738-1809); 3rd Duke of Portland; succ. 1762	1738-1809

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