Cambridge Chronicle 1 Oct 1813: Musgrave stock sale
LIVE STOCK and EFFECTS,
TRUMPINGTON,
To be SOLD by AUCTION,
By ELLIOT SMITH,
On the premises of Mr. Musgrave, on Friday the 8th October, 1813, exactly at three o’clock in the afternoon;
10 prime young COWS in calf, 2 Strong CART MARES, a handsome rising three-year-old bay CART COLT, 13 Ewes and a Tup, a Sow in pig, 2 six-inch-wheel Marl and 1 Dung Carts, a narrow-wheel Waggon, and a Dressing Machine.
Also, a modern Sofa, pair of elegant inlaid Card Tables, 6 mahogany Chairs and 2 elbow ditto, good 8-day clock, &c.
The Cows are all of superior breed, in excellent condition, and would on no account have been brought to the hammer had not the proprietor received notice to quit his Trumpington farm.
Credit till Christmas on approved joint security.
May be viewed the morning of sale, and catalogues had at the public-houses in Trumpington and adjoining villages, and of Elliot Smith.