| Description | Unimportant, on the whole - letters from his estate agent, many from London solicitors and financiers about his money concerns, much about the various country hunts, &c. As interesting as any are the many missions of congratulation on the birth of his daughter, the news that the eldest sister of Rice Thomas of Coedhelen was publishing a novel in order to keep himself from distressful circumstances (see Jan. 13, 1800), the invitation to attend the anniversary meeting of the Adelphi Society at Caernarvon on 25 September, the forceful appeal of John Williams of Treffos in behalf of a poor cottager of Llanfairynghornwy (17 Sept.), and the complaint by Henry Thomas of Cefn Du, Llandegfan, about the depredations amongst his sheep caused by one of Sir Robert's hound bitches (28 Octr.) |