| Transcript | Bedworth
May 31st 76
My dear Fred
It is much to my interest as well as my most anxious wish to quit Bedworth on the first possible day. I am not fond of spending time & money on Railroads, or of living more than half my time away from my family with the expense of a double household. My position in Bedworth is worse than uncomfortable, & I can do little at Chinnor - you may therefore trust to my making no unnecessary delay. When I talked of the end of June the sale at Chinnor was fixed for a fortnight earlier than when it really took place, & the alteration of date was made without consulting me, & carried out notwithstanding my protest. The house with the exception of perhaps two rooms had not I fancy been touched since it was built sixty years back & paint, paper, & whitewash are positively necessary- There are some ten men at work in it since Monday last & I am urging them on as fast as possible. I may be able to move a week sooner than I said, but I cannot promise it- Willmot has been over this morning & has gone through the fixtures- The dilapidations he appears unwilling to value before you have been instituted & he is his own Master in this respect under the new law- I am sorry that you could not come down to meet him.
Yours very truly
Edward J. Bowman |