26^th Sep^r 77

My Dear Child
when you this I think I hear you say has my
Mother thought of me at Last - but I do asure you are
seldom out of my thoughts & chould I be so happy to have
my Children near me no place would be dol I have but lettel
time having a great deal of Business to do - and being a
very bad scribe makes me {?Left} to set about writing
your Brother had a {^fall} from his Horse above a fortnight ago
has been confined ever since being Laime Hand & foot but is
now thank God able to Hobble about but not to go far
prey advice him not to his young Horse agine the News of
Nancy Confinement give me great Concern and must beg
you will let me have the pleasure of hearing she is Releas^d
as I think thear will be half a year due Upppon the House
at Michaelmas I am Glad to hear M^r Tapp is Returned so well
from is journey pray my kind Love to them Both Mrs
if M^rs Tapp {^could git me} four or five pounds of Green Tea I should
be very much ablig^d to her pray pay for it & give me
Credit for it till you Receive the half years Rent Let the
Tea be put shal Led as I have {Cannersen} hear

you seme to menshon my inviting Sukay hear I must say
it would be a great pleasure to me as I have Littel Conver{^sation}
hear but your Brother & I think it might be thought we
had some Views in it I should be much oblidg to you to now
& then write me Long Letter of common occurrences of our
frends and pray let me hear {^soon}, Dear Littel sally Reed is and very
she is likly to have a Brother she soon, how you go one with
M^rs {?Sponcton} & wether you find things agreable as I must say
my Mind is continually anxious about my Children pray my
Compliments to all friends shall Conclud with prayers for
your health a Happyness & am Dear G{^e}orge your
Affectionate Mother
Eliz Cumberland

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Now let Dick put in a word to tell you he
has received yours of Monday - was at [illeg]
on Teusday and delivered your profiles as directed
they were universally allowed to be strong likenesses
except Miss [?hubby] [?halameen], you know which I mean
M^rs Church & the {?Jo} desire their Comp & thanks
and have sent to Bristol for oval frames

As neither Bush not his neices {?were} as
I only left the profiles, and [?Timbide] carried
them the next Day, the old Gentⁿ being just
return'd from burying his Brother a Dissenting
Minister at Enfield. He was mightily pleased
with them especially that of the youngest what
is most like, and said he should be extremely
glad to have Hannah's picture which I told
him would come soon, and I design to take
the first opportunity of delivering it myself
[damaged] hope that will not be long before it offers
[damaged] not make use of [damaged] friendly {?offer]
[damaged] next Week when [damaged] nay [damaged]
to my hand. As I have [damaged] of your [illeg]
[illeg] the Stock I shall defer [damaged] {?Team} again
wheat sowing and his for the [damaged] which will
{^be} a Disadvantage [illeg] more accounts than [illeg]
reply to your Questions. I have 60 [illeg] 1/2 arable
in the two parishes - Driffield alone containing about 400
acres in 4 common fields, {^one all} vix. wheat, {^2 all} Beans, {^3 all} Barley & {^4} [illeg]
besides about 200 enclosed arable much improved all titheable
with a considerable quantity of poor cold pastures, some
of which are mowed every year, and about 100 cows {^most of them bred here} are
kept sheep here are trifling. This is a fair but rough [illeg]
of the place. If you saw the {?rich} Gards at this Time would woud
have a better Opinion of it.

[damaged] out three days this week in hope of getting
[illeg] for Mr Smith without success. pray make my [illeg]
these and take them. We are happy in hearing he still {?intends}
coming down, however late. While I was confined they killed
all the Birds at Driffield, but there are still 4 Brace left on his
farm at [illeg] and a few {?Nares}. What the rest of the Manor has I
cannot tell. PS. I have since wrote my M^r S. by the same post

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Mr Cumberland
[illeg] London

I am glad to hear you live so much among your
friends and so merrily too - go on and cultivate new
Friendships so long as they are good ones - there is nothing
in this world so valuable. Adieu ... R Cumberland