John Constable: Toward a Complete Chronology. - Reed College

1816 Aug 30 Father's will proved. (JCC I, p. 135)
1816 Aug 30 Letter, dated 30 August but postmarked Colchester 29
August, from J.C. in Wivenhoe Park to Maria in Putney Heath:
"I have been here since Monday. . . . I am going on very well
with my pictures for them—the park is the most forward. The
great difficulty has been to get so much in as they wanted to
make them acquainted with the scene. On my left is a grotto
with some elms, at the head of a peice of water—in the
centre is the house over a beautifull wood and very far to the
right is a deer house, which it was necessary to add, so that
my view comprehended too many [distances]. But to day I
have got over the difficulty, and begin to like it myself. I think
however I shall make a larger picture from what I am now
about. . . . If I should delayed longer in the country than I at
first expected I shall run up for a day or two to see you. . . . I
shall be here at least a week longer." (JCC II, pp. 198-99; see
also JCC VI, p. 28)
1816 Sept 1 Missing letter from Maria in Putney Heath to J.C. in East
Bergholt, arrives in East Bergholt 1 September and reaches
J.C. at Wivenhoe ca. 6 September. (JCC II, p. 200)
1816 Sept 4 Letter from Henry Greswolde Lewis at Malvern Hall to J.C. at
Dedham. (JCC IV, p. 56)
1816 Sept 5 Letter from Maria in Putney Heath to J.C. in Wivenhoe Park.
(JCC II, p. 200)
1816 Sept 6 Letter from J.C. in Wivenhoe Park to Maria in Putney Heath: "I
return to Bergholt Saturday evening." (JCC II, p. 201)
1816 Sept 7-17 At East Bergholt. (JCC I, p. 138)
1816 Sept 9 Letter from Maria in Putney Heath to J.C. in East Bergholt
agreeing to marry him when John Fisher comes to London.
(JCC II, p. 201; see also JCC VI, p. 29)
1816 Sept 12 Letter from J.C. in East Bergholt to Maria in Putney Heath: "I
am going there [Wivenhoe Park] again for a day or two on
Tuesday.