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Bawtry. - Bland's wife's convalescence and his sister's accident; doctor at Worcester assured him that breaking a bone late in life ultimately restored the constitution; hopes Miss Bland's fracture will permit some movement. Heavy rain welcome here but disastrous at Thorne: 'my first wrath at the corn bill - it is quite coming back'; duty-free imported wheat urgently needed to lower prices if harvest fails; great local distress; is employing many he does not need; sketch of local characters. Milnes' wife has been at court, but Galway's entrée to the Queen's stables through Lord Rosslyn is probably more valuable.

Postscript: hopes Bland will rally resistance to new turnpike proposed for the Castleford-Ferrybridge road; he himself is disinterested, but objects to their proliferation. Encloses the Chartist Weekly Despatch which he would like to keep. The Captain is to take out the Mauritian Governor and has a handsome entertainment allowance. Is glad to hear better accounts of Bland's wife and sister. Additional note by F. J. Monckton.

Fryston. - Richard comes tomorrow: 'there will be, as there always is, a violent contest at Pontefract, but I am afeered there is no sort of doubt of Richard's re-election'

Fryston. - Notes that Fanny 'boast[s]' of her handwriting and writes a paragraph in imitation of it: 'I don't know whether you admire this new style better than my accustomed, but I am keen [?] it is bitter than your ordinary scrawl'. Doesn't expect he will hear from London until Richard appears; Fanny has the 'merit of having drawn him down. I am sure he would not have come her, & faced the Pontefractians in the humour they are in just now''.

The sheep are being sheared today; 'it is the custom always to feed these people'. Mr Waddington will be in Harriet's good books, as he has been voting against Sir Robert Peel. Galway write to him that Lady Ber? is 'so furious against Sir Rob', & so are all the Suffolk farmers, that I suppose it was necessary - indeed Newton told me he would be turned out for the County if he did not. Looks as if there 'has to be fighting in Ireland'.

With addition by Fanny Monckton.

Headed 'To my dearest sister Harriet M. Milnes with the gift of a frame for the Portrait of the Rev'd'.
First line 'Thy fav'rite Preacher's fram'd! my gift of love!'.

Includes verse by Hon. Frances Jane Monckton.

144 and 152 endorsed by Henrietta Maria Milnes.
149: Includes letter from Hon. Elizabeth Mary Monckton to Robert Pemberton Milnes, [Jun. 1828].
155: Includes lines by Tennyson beginning 'Where are ye / Thrones...' [Timbuctoo], copied by MoncktonMilnes, Oct. 1829.
163: Includes letter from Hon. Elizabeth Mary Monckton to Robert Pemberton Milnes, 18 Jun. [1829]
183: Includes letter from Hon. Frances Jane Monckton to Robert Pemberton Milnes, [27 Apr. or later, 1830]

25 York Terrace, Regent's Park. - Grateful for Milnes' consideration; fears George might get into mischief if not employed; connection of Mr Dewar and Milnes' mother; Milnes' use of homeopathic medicines; Fanny Monckton and other friends; House of Commons appointments. Postscript: describes a French manservant who is seeking work.

Letters to: Emma Blackburne, née Hesketh; his sister Amelia Jane Milnes; his wife Hon. Henrietta Maria Milnes; his mother Rachael Milnes; his brother Richard Rodes Milnes; his sister-in-law Hon. Frances Jane Monckton; his nephew and son-in-law George Edward Arundell Monckton-Arundell, 6th Viscount Galway; his daughter Henrietta Eliza Monckton-Arundell; John [Thornton, his cousin?]; Mary [Anne Waddington, his sister?].