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Letter from John Barron,
Secretary of Nottingham and
Nottinghamshire Agricultural
Society to George Edmund
Milnes Monckton-Arundell, 7th
Viscount Galway, 19 February
1878, together with a list of
members
Correspondence and Personal
Papers of George Edmund Milnes
Monckton-Arundell, 7th Viscount
Galway (1844-1931) and Vere
Monckton-Arundell, 7th
Viscountess Galway (d 1931), Ga 2
E 25/1-2

Painting of Robert Bakewell seated on a horseMenu for the buffet with over a dozen meat, fish and poultry dishes including roast beef and lamb, tongue in aspic, lobster salad and hams.Handwritten page, torn around the edges and later conserved, listing names of members and rules of the SocietyTwo typed letters, one briefly asking permission to set up the pig club, and the second giving permission and outlining the legal requirements of such a clubHandwritten letter on Royal Agricultural Society headed paper thanking the Duke for his support.Printed list of enrolled members of the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Agricultural Society, by name and place of residence, 19th century. Enclosed with Ga 2 E 25/1.