| Level | Item |
| Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure) | KWH/Q/711 |
| Title | Letter from James Cornish, Totnes, to unidentified correspondent , concerned with the state of agriculture |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Date | 1829 |
| Description | Addressed to 'Dear Sir', £50 of [the correspondent's] rent has been paid; Mrs Burns' husband has several times driven sheep to the market but no-one has asked the price, 'There must be a dreadful convulsion on this country before long; agriculture is going to the dogs as fast as it can go ... if the farmer falls to the ground I don't knowhow other things are to be kept up ..'
7 December 1829 |
| Access Status | Open |