[cross-reference: return to Footnote 1 of Letter 22]
122 — To the Rev. R. Lowe[1]
8, St. James Street, May 15, 1809.
My Dear Sir
, — I have just been informed that a report is circulating in Notts of an intention on my part to sell Newstead, which is rather unfortunate, as I have just tied the property up in such a manner as to prevent the practicability, even if my inclination led me to dispose of it. But as such a report may render my tenants uncomfortable, I will feel very much obliged if you will be good enough to contradict the rumour, should it come to your ears, on my authority.
rather conjecture it has arisen from the sale of some copyholds of mine in Norfolk