In these letters from William Hewett to the 3rd Duke, the author writes concerning: engaging Pollocks and Mr Snow to create an item of jewellery for the Duke's order of the Garter ceremony and advice from Mr Seymour and Jarnigan regarding prices; the new plantations that the Duke is fond of; Lawrence Shirley offering his services;
his friend Deg out of humour about the Derbyshire election; Lord Chesterfield's marriage; the attendees at Whites; the Duke of Rutland's plan to go to Bath and Lord Tyrconell and Sir Mic Newton joining without invitation and Sir Richard Ellis; the Duke of Rutland's letter to Lord Hartington about a general meeting; Montague offering his service to the town of Huntingdon; Lord Hinton and Jack Berkley and the Somerset seat;
Mr P[elham]'s favour to Hewett; his request that the 3rd Duke mention him to the King; his plan to wait on the 3rd Duke; the meeting with Lord Montague being over; Lord Malton being drunk every day; Lord Granby and his displeasure with Mr Pelham (CS1/216/1);
a York meeting; the Nottingham meeting; a letter to the Duke of Rutland about the next Yorkshire meeting; his proposal to gather thirty to fifty men and train and arm them quickly to fight for the protestant cause [in response to the Jacobite rising]; Lord Scarborough and Lord Burlington in York; Geo Fox's subscription and message to Lord Galway that he had left his old way of thinking; Lord Strafford moving his plate to London thinking it not safe in the country; the likelihood that the Presbyterians may be good allies against popery.
In his letter to Lord Hartington the author writes of: being in Paris and the English there including the Harleys and Lord Albemarle; a description of Lord Duncannon's friend Leotard [the artist] and the public exclamations at his ugliness; the Duke of Devonshire's trees; his own plan to plant many trees on his land in Leicestershire after he returns from travelling in France and Italy; the loss of Lord Montague from the administrations (CS1/216.3).