Kensington. Send £60 to James Cobbett and keep £40 until he hears from WC, corn market did not rise the previous day despite good weather: Kensington
Kensington. Wishes to see him and Mr Hendy at the farm on Sunday.
Barn Elm. his cart is in Russel St , Covent Garden every Saturday morning, JWH may purchase his squashes from it:
Barn Elm. Will visit him at his house.
Barn Elm. Enclosing an item to be forwarded to Mills & Co, printers [wanting] and looking for a lad to supervise farm labourer.
Barn Elm. John Cobbett wants Bensley's accounts which relate to WC's gardening book and French grammar, he will forward the information to John Akerman
Barn Elm. The printer has had the copy for the Letter to the Pope which is to appear in the Register and is to be made into a little book, the printer is to send copies of each page to John Akerman who will forward them to the bookbinder, Cobbett requires wafers, thin writing paper and a thermometer, looking to sell mangle wurzel.
Barn Elm. Requires tar line or rope yarn, twine of varying strength and a pound of snuff "to assist the brains in their operation"
Barn Elm. Lists payment to be made to his children, encloses material for Rowland
Barn Elm. The printer must be pressed, requires bags and mats, did not want the leg of mutton that he sent
Christ's College Lodge - JK thanks WW for the copy of his 'Mineralogical Classification' [An Essay on Mineralogical Classification and Nomenclature, 1828]. He hopes again to receive the opinions of the Philosophical Society at Christ's Lodge.
Barn Elm. Requires 400 large bags urgently, a cart will collect bags, mats "and all" the following day
Kensington. Must not send the Corn Book to editors until he writes again
Barn Elm. Mr Rowland will have to pay £500, Cobbett must buy his 400 reams of Derry for his forthcoming publications, will send 'famous' Tulip-Tree plank
Barn Elm. Does not want him to become responsible for his bill to Clement, distribution of paper to printers and store, will finish mangle wurzel pulling today, encloses letters relating to the Boxall affair, wishes him to read the proofs of the Register
Barn Elm. Concerns the mill owned by Mr Rowland, has "cut Scales' throat", will send Richard to pay any mangle wurzel business off
Barn Elm. Sending by bearer some black walnut as a sample to be displayed, sending a corn plant to be displayed at an agricultural meeting in Monmouthshire:
Barn Elm. Encloses letter to Mr Smith of Liverpool who owes around £65, also a letter for Mr Scully of Dublin who has sold a number of his books, black walnut wood, paper from Tipper has not been sent to Kensington
Barn Elms. Will have squash seed for sale in one month, has never had champagne in his life, has asked Mills to print his tree catalogue and plans to publish his seed catalogue in the next copy of the Register, will send the pig and veal tomorrow, needs "flut-knives"
Barn Elm. Arrangements for the printing of the Register for 10 Jan 1829, Mr Rowland must be informed that WC will visit on Saturday, [Mr Akerman] will receive a letter concerning Mr Elphinstone's asparagus plant
Kensington. Plan to lease [paper] mill in place of Mr Rowland, the plant is included in the lease, has ten tons of raw material
Requests that a stamp register be sent to R B Davidson at Minsinghive and that 4000 paper bags and packing thread be made ready; endorsed "If Slater brings his bill again, tell him to come on Saturday or Monday"
Barn Elm. Tree orders will be sent off tomorrow, has to transport a huge plank of black walnut to Kensington, wishes to advertise the sale of planks in Liverpool, will send a pig on Sunday, pleased with the speed at which barrels and other things have come from Fleet Street, the seed catalogue will be well prepared by Tuesday, it will be a "large affair": Barn Elm
Barn Elm. Cannot send pig, wants Akerman to inquire of Mr Riley what the "guzzling rascals" want of him
Barn Elm. Will send corn and pigs, encloses orders, accounts have not been done very well, might want the Registers for 1828 bound in two volumes
Barn Elm. Note that monies should be paid to Mr Akerman
Barn Elm. Requests John Akerman to give his views of "the system" to Mr Clarke:
Barn Elm. Criticism of office practices, invitation to dine
JH is to be married on the 3rd of next month and would like WW to attend.