town. Their was a London Merchant
present that had been rich & honorable but
through the hard times was reduced to beggarly
& had but 12 1/2 penny to carry him 100 miles
great Distress is beginning to come upon
the Land We spent the night at the house of
Widow Gilberts Distance of the day 10 m
Lord Melbourn, & Marquiss of Landsdown, is about
to resign their seat in Parliment because they
cannot make out the money they wish, &
Lord John Russel will take their place & try to
make out the money
~ Tuesday
Feb 18th We left Stone & walked to Stoke
but on the road we spent several hours in
visiting the Noted Park of
George Granvill
the present DUKE [FIGURE] of Southerland Trentam
Staffordshire. This park is about 5 miles in length &
5 in bredth, the first thing of note that strike the atten
tion while coming on the rode from Stone to Stoke is
several hundred acres of ground planted over with
young sprouts in order to make timber, which ground is
hilly. next appears Spring Vale, the lower fountain is a
forced vein which spirts or throws a stream of water about
12 feet above the surface of the water, their is a fish polol
above the first fountain, but rather small, their is a
splendid stone house, on the hill above for the purpose of
keeping persons that are Insane. there are a number
of small monuments around this vale. The next is the
manner house built of stone but mostly in ruins, it is
more than five hundred years old, & one family have
lived in it more than 300 years ie desending from father
town. Their was a London Merchant present that had been rich & honorable but through the hard times was reduced to beggarly & had but 12 1/2 penny to carry him 100 miles great Distress is beginning to come upon the Land. We spent the night at the house of Widow Gilberts. Distance of the day 10 m Lord Melbourn, & Marquiss of Landsdown. is about to resign their seat in Parliment because they cannot make out the money they wish, & Lord John Russel will take their place & try to make out the money
~ Tuesday
Feb 18th We left Stone & walked to Stoke but on the road we spent several hours in visiting the Noted Park of [FIGURE] George Granvill the Present DUKE [FIGURE] of Southerland Trentam Staffordshire. This park is about 5 miles in length & 5 in bredth, the first thing of note that strike the atten tion while cuming on the rode from Stone to Stoke is several hundred acres of ground planted over with young sprouts in order to make timber, which ground is hilly. next appears Spring Vale, the lower fountain is a forced vein which spirts or throws a stream of water about 12 feet above the surface of the water, their is a fish pool above the first fountain, but rather small, their is a splendid stone house, on the hill above for the purpose of keeping persons that are Insane. there are a number of small monuments around this vale. The next is the manner house built of stone but mostly in ruins, it is more than five hundred years old, & one family have lived in it more than 200 years ie desending from father
