From Gilbert F[rankland] Lewis,
Part of Harpton Court Estate Records,
TFL's marriage is an excellent thing for him; [Henry] Devereux's funeral took place on Monday; Lady Cornewall is going to 'your' town to consult a doctor.
From Tho[ma]s Frankland Lewis,
Part of Harpton Court Estate Records,
Writer is nearly sick of drilling; he will probably have very decent rooms immediately.
From Tho[ma]s Frankland Lewis,
Part of Harpton Court Estate Records,
Writer's unsettled plans for the vacation; the two Norrises are going to make a tour of North Wales; social news.
From Tho[ma]s Frankland Lewis,
Part of Harpton Court Estate Records,
William [Nicholas] was wounded while storming the main breach, and there is little to hope.
From Tho[ma]s Frankland Lewis,
Part of Harpton Court Estate Records,
Family news; Sir John Walsh will occasionally reside at Downton; the party given to the Queen by the Duke of Sussex resembled a slow procession.
From Tho[ma]s Frankland Lewis,
Part of Harpton Court Estate Records,
Writer will gradually resume all his former habits of life; very little of the wheat is worth cutting; Mr Davies has bought Ridgbourn, near Kington.
From Tho[ma]s Frankland Lewis,
Part of Harpton Court Estate Records,
Charlotte Bowles leaving recipient must be a great loss, but she will not be allowed to lead a solitary life; Astley Cooper was too old and too timid to operate instantly on Mrs Bowles; writer's neighbour Mrs Whittaker has been twice operated on; he hopes that recipient's distrust of doctors and surgeons will not prevent her from sending for them.
From Tho[ma]s Frankland Lewis,
Part of Harpton Court Estate Records,
The unjustifiable privilege of franking may be abolished; Frankland family affairs; Frederick's ruin is probably the result of an erroneous education; writer tells recipient of two impending marriages - Catherine Cornewall to her cousin, and Sir Alexander Gordon to Miss Austin.
From Tho[ma]s Frankland Lewis,
Part of Harpton Court Estate Records,
Writer describes the journey to Nuremberg and his future plans, and the agriculture and education of Germany.
From Tho[ma]s Frankland Lewis,
Part of Harpton Court Estate Records,
Reflections on being sixty years of age; family news.
From Tho[ma]s Frankland Lewis,
Part of Harpton Court Estate Records,
Writer has always hoped that the Government would undertake some general system of education, but the progress of the new Board of Privy Council is slow; recipient has offered to subscribe for a school at Old Radnor; several possible sites are discussed; writer wishes it to be near the church; as there is a sad difficulty with the National and the British Foreign Societies, he wishes to set up an independent school; Mrs Edwards, a Quaker, must look to an infant school only; he will discuss these matters with Edwards of Hindwell; he thinks that buying two cottages close to Old Radnor church may suit recipient; he describes the countryside near Lake Geneva and his plans for visiting Italy.
From Tho[ma]s Frankland Lewis,
Part of Harpton Court Estate Records,
GCL felt persuaded recipient would soon be better; family and social news.
From Tho[ma]s Frankland Lewis,
Part of Harpton Court Estate Records,
Writer gives the history of Chequers and its connection with the Russell family; the hay making at Harpton is nearly done. Incomplete.
From the minister, churchwardens and parishioners of Old Radnor,
Part of Harpton Court Estate Records,
Writers thank recipient for her present of a clock.
From Sir David Roche, Hanover Squ[are],
Part of Harpton Court Estate Records,
Writer thanks recipient for the late Sir Boyle Roche's pedigree.
Part of Harpton Court Estate Records,
Mainly family letters.
Part of Harpton Court Estate Records,
Writer declines making the requested application.
Letters from her sister Harriet Frankland,
Part of Harpton Court Estate Records,
For content see individual letters.
From [Col.] W[illiam] Frankland,
Part of Harpton Court Estate Records,
Writer's of Scotland; professional duties; family news; he describes a dangerous, but rather ludicrous, democratic meeting held in London.
From [Col.] W[illiam] Frankland,
Part of Harpton Court Estate Records,
Sir B[oyle] never exercised any act of ownership over recipient's reversion after the death of writer's mother, but Mr Lewis exercised acts of ownership over Mrs Lewis' reversion to enable him to lay a heavier charge on the Harpton estate; writer could not get a majority on the Militia Bills.