| Description | A note of a bond in £1,500; the estate of her late sister Mary K; and shares in the Manchester and Birmingham [Railway]; Sarah has the use of M's money for the term of her life; an investable sum of £650 belonging to her brother Edward; pros and cons of various railway shares, notably the London and Birmingham, Manchester and Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds, and Edinburgh and Glasgow; much about "Mr Grindrod's" advice; [Wynn Hall] Colliery; does not wish a joint stock co. for this enterprise. S.K. is very preoccupied with financial affairs, and betrays a rare shrewdness in matters fiscal. Archibald's marriage settlement; mentions of Lydia; the Derby and Midland Railways; constant obsession with money and railway shares ("Is not the ready nine pence better then the slow shilling ?"); John's cough is better - "his only medicine is Spanish juice mixed with salt of tartar and linseed tea with a little Ipec wine at night"; Sarah Jane [Lewis]'s need of her £300 mortgage money is obviated by the appreciation of her Manchester and Birmingham Railway shares; etc. Also includes notice, 4 April 1844 of placement of £300 at 5% interest, on behalf of Edward Kenrick, with John Jones and others |