1313 - Edmund Herbert to his nieces, 10 April 1760
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Dear Girls.
It’s high Time I should thank my Sister {?Lynne Johns}, for the great {^care and} Trouble you had in the
Blanket Affair, which I now do in the {?kindest} manner: Mr Davis has settl’d here {?6} days, as ye
do there remain 3 Pair {?undisposed} of; perhaps, by this Time, you only have met with
proper Objects; I told him he should be paid in Londn or at Home, as he hast [illeg]
when you had finished {^in your last dated the 3.d Feb} as you wrote me that Geo. Savage discharged his debts
to {?Moses} & James when he brought his Bill {^[illeg]} did you pay him for [illeg]
You also sent me a Bill of {?Lapper’s} the 25th Nov.r But have ye no more
to be brought in? – The Same fault seems to be in the building M.r King’s
[illeg] how, as in your’s but had yt been higher, the Servants Rooms w.d
have been less – Has Mr {?Bloxham} ye Attorney settled yet wt my Sister, And
Has {?Barker} funished Jo Lynell’s Marriage Settlement? When you see John
{?Tradmouth}, tell him, after my many years Civility he uses me very ill – you say
[deleted / illeg] you had of Moses Money 78, 6, 8 but have borrowed 40^{?s} to pay
Workmen at yr Leisure {?&} {?I} willingly have particulars – When Mr
King paid one his first years Rent (the 9th of Novr) I recdof him in chear [damaged]
Nine Shillings & Ten Pence {?Farthing}, instead of one hundred & five Pounds {^[illeg]} [damaged]
He complained yt all his Cows slipt their [illeg] {^supposing it true} therefore I {?threw} him [damaged]
{?back] Three Guineas: I also paid him Forty Shillgs {?being} on ye Bank for [damaged]
{?Shoreman} Charges; & shall [deleted] {^continue to} pay [deleted] that [deleted] Sum annually: and least
any of yr paymts should interfere, I [illeg] you a List of his: I likewise [deleted]
[illeg] an [illeg] of his casting for ye Malting wth Isuppose think he said
{?Ben} had an accot of [illeg] agreed in: In One of his Wyburn Paymts of 50£
your (N?ggy’s) stand appears, as the Face of the Acct as tho you had
paid it which I suppose he reimbursed you, I expected before this,
to have heard further from him relating to ye {?Trees} he mentioned to be cut
down in ye Cow Pasture – Our {?Letters} [illeg] proves {^Blank} of [illeg]
By a Cold I caught, a Month agoe – I have been confined {^ever since} with a
Swell’d Face; But (thank God) are got quite well again – Be so
Good as give Gray the enclosed Papers; and receive what Books & Paprs
he [illeg] to you of Moses’s – Has Tom Philips fill’d ye Vacancys
of ye Elme in ye Nursery? [change hand] Instead of my sending an Account of M.r
King’s Casting for the Maltings, I desire you’ll let me have it from Ben,
And I will compare them here.
[original hand] Turn over
[change hand] please to deliver the inclosed Papers to W.Gray.
[original hand] I hope my Sister’s Health continues: and does she want any Monny? My
true Respects to her & you concludes this from
y.r most affectionate E.H.
[change hand] Grays Inn:
10 Ap.l 1760
[vertical right side] To Nieses wth {?Release} to Fr.
Hayle about many Things
10 Ap.r 1760
[change hand]
To
Edmund Herbert Esq.r
at his Chambers in Gray’s Inn
London
It’s high Time I should thank my Sister {?Lynne Johns}, for the great {^care and} Trouble you had in the
Blanket Affair, which I now do in the {?kindest} manner: Mr Davis has settl’d here {?6} days, as ye
do there remain 3 Pair {?undisposed} of; perhaps, by this Time, you only have met with
proper Objects; I told him he should be paid in Londn or at Home, as he hast [illeg]
when you had finished {^in your last dated the 3.d Feb} as you wrote me that Geo. Savage discharged his debts
to {?Moses} & James when he brought his Bill {^[illeg]} did you pay him for [illeg]
You also sent me a Bill of {?Lapper’s} the 25th Nov.r But have ye no more
to be brought in? – The Same fault seems to be in the building M.r King’s
[illeg] how, as in your’s but had yt been higher, the Servants Rooms w.d
have been less – Has Mr {?Bloxham} ye Attorney settled yet wt my Sister, And
Has {?Barker} funished Jo Lynell’s Marriage Settlement? When you see John
{?Tradmouth}, tell him, after my many years Civility he uses me very ill – you say
[deleted / illeg] you had of Moses Money 78, 6, 8 but have borrowed 40^{?s} to pay
Workmen at yr Leisure {?&} {?I} willingly have particulars – When Mr
King paid one his first years Rent (the 9th of Novr) I recdof him in chear [damaged]
Nine Shillings & Ten Pence {?Farthing}, instead of one hundred & five Pounds {^[illeg]} [damaged]
He complained yt all his Cows slipt their [illeg] {^supposing it true} therefore I {?threw} him [damaged]
{?back] Three Guineas: I also paid him Forty Shillgs {?being} on ye Bank for [damaged]
{?Shoreman} Charges; & shall [deleted] {^continue to} pay [deleted] that [deleted] Sum annually: and least
any of yr paymts should interfere, I [illeg] you a List of his: I likewise [deleted]
[illeg] an [illeg] of his casting for ye Malting wth I
{?Ben} had an accot of [illeg] agreed in: In One of his Wyburn Paymts of 50£
your (N?ggy’s) stand appears, as the Face of the Acct as tho you had
paid it which I suppose he reimbursed you, I expected before this,
to have heard further from him relating to ye {?Trees} he mentioned to be cut
down in ye Cow Pasture – Our {?Letters} [illeg] proves {^Blank} of [illeg]
By a Cold I caught, a Month agoe – I have been confined {^ever since} with a
Swell’d Face; But (thank God) are got quite well again – Be so
Good as give Gray the enclosed Papers; and receive what Books & Paprs
he [illeg] to you of Moses’s – Has Tom Philips fill’d ye Vacancys
of ye Elme in ye Nursery? [change hand] Instead of my sending an Account of M.r
King’s Casting for the Maltings, I desire you’ll let me have it from Ben,
And I will compare them here.
[original hand] Turn over
[change hand] please to deliver the inclosed Papers to W.Gray.
[original hand] I hope my Sister’s Health continues: and does she want any Monny? My
true Respects to her & you concludes this from
y.r most affectionate E.H.
[change hand] Grays Inn:
10 Ap.l 1760
[vertical right side] To Nieses wth {?Release} to Fr.
Hayle about many Things
10 Ap.r 1760
[change hand]
London
Dear Girls.
It’s high Time I should thank my Sister {?Lynne Johns}, for the great {^care and} Trouble you had in the
Blanket Affair, which I now do in the {?kindest} manner: Mr Davis has settled here {?6} days, as ye
do there remain 3 Pair {?undisposed} of; perhaps, by this Time, you only have met with
proper Objects; I told him he should be paid in London or at Home, as he hast [illeg]
when you had finished {^in your last dated the 3.d Feb} as you wrote me that Geo. Savage discharged his debts
to {?Moses} & James when he brought his Bill {^[illeg]} did you pay him for [illeg]
You also sent me a Bill of {?Lapper’s} the 25th November But have ye no more
to be brought in? – The Same fault seems to be in the building M.r King’s
[illeg] how, as in yours but had it been higher, the Servants Rooms would
have been less – Has Mr {?Bloxham} ye Attorney settled yet with my Sister, And
Has {?Barker} furnished Jo Lynell’s Marriage Settlement? When you see John
{?Tradmouth}, tell him, after my many years Civility he uses me very ill – you say
[deleted / illeg] you had of Moses Money 78, 6, 8 but have borrowed 40^{?s} to pay
Workmen at yr Leisure {?&} {?I} willingly have particulars – When Mr
King paid one his first years Rent (the 9th of November) I received of him in cheer [damaged]
Nine Shillings & Ten Pence {?Farthing}, instead of one hundred & five Pounds {^[illeg]} [damaged]
He complained yt all his Cows slipped their [illeg] {^supposing it true} therefore I {?threw} him [damaged]
{?back] Three Guineas: I also paid him Forty Shillings {?being} on ye Bank for [damaged]
{?Shoreman} Charges; & shall [deleted] {^continue to} pay [deleted] that [deleted] Sum annually: and least
any of your payments should interfere, I [illeg] you a List of his: I likewise [deleted]
[illeg] an [illeg] of his casting for ye Malting with Isuppose think he said
{?Ben} had an account of [illeg] agreed in: In One of his Wyburn Payments of 50£
your (N?ggy’s) stand appears, as the Face of the Account as tho you had
paid it which I suppose he reimbursed you, I expected before this,
to have heard further from him relating to ye {?Trees} he mentioned to be cut
down in ye Cow Pasture – Our {?Letters} [illeg] proves {^Blank} of [illeg]
By a Cold I caught, a Month ago – I have been confined {^ever since} with a
Swelled Face; But (thank God) are got quite well again – Be so
Good as give Gray the enclosed Papers; and receive what Books & Papers
he [illeg] to you of Moses’s – Has Tom Philips filled ye Vacancies
of ye Elme in ye Nursery? [change hand] Instead of my sending an Account of M.r
King’s Casting for the Maltings, I desire you’ll let me have it from Ben,
And I will compare them here.
[original hand] Turn over
[change hand] please to deliver the enclosed Papers to W.Gray.
[original hand] I hope my Sister’s Health continues: and does she want any Money? My
true Respects to her & you concludes this from
y.r most affectionate E.H.
[change hand] Grays Inn:
10 Ap.l 1760
[vertical right side] To Nieces with {?Release} to Fr.
Hayle about many Things
10 April 1760
[change hand]
To
Edmund Herbert Esq.r
at his Chambers in Gray’s Inn
London
It’s high Time I should thank my Sister {?Lynne Johns}, for the great {^care and} Trouble you had in the
Blanket Affair, which I now do in the {?kindest} manner: Mr Davis has settled here {?6} days, as ye
do there remain 3 Pair {?undisposed} of; perhaps, by this Time, you only have met with
proper Objects; I told him he should be paid in London or at Home, as he hast [illeg]
when you had finished {^in your last dated the 3.d Feb} as you wrote me that Geo. Savage discharged his debts
to {?Moses} & James when he brought his Bill {^[illeg]} did you pay him for [illeg]
You also sent me a Bill of {?Lapper’s} the 25th November But have ye no more
to be brought in? – The Same fault seems to be in the building M.r King’s
[illeg] how, as in yours but had it been higher, the Servants Rooms would
have been less – Has Mr {?Bloxham} ye Attorney settled yet with my Sister, And
Has {?Barker} furnished Jo Lynell’s Marriage Settlement? When you see John
{?Tradmouth}, tell him, after my many years Civility he uses me very ill – you say
[deleted / illeg] you had of Moses Money 78, 6, 8 but have borrowed 40^{?s} to pay
Workmen at yr Leisure {?&} {?I} willingly have particulars – When Mr
King paid one his first years Rent (the 9th of November) I received of him in cheer [damaged]
Nine Shillings & Ten Pence {?Farthing}, instead of one hundred & five Pounds {^[illeg]} [damaged]
He complained yt all his Cows slipped their [illeg] {^supposing it true} therefore I {?threw} him [damaged]
{?back] Three Guineas: I also paid him Forty Shillings {?being} on ye Bank for [damaged]
{?Shoreman} Charges; & shall [deleted] {^continue to} pay [deleted] that [deleted] Sum annually: and least
any of your payments should interfere, I [illeg] you a List of his: I likewise [deleted]
[illeg] an [illeg] of his casting for ye Malting with I
{?Ben} had an account of [illeg] agreed in: In One of his Wyburn Payments of 50£
your (N?ggy’s) stand appears, as the Face of the Account as tho you had
paid it which I suppose he reimbursed you, I expected before this,
to have heard further from him relating to ye {?Trees} he mentioned to be cut
down in ye Cow Pasture – Our {?Letters} [illeg] proves {^Blank} of [illeg]
By a Cold I caught, a Month ago – I have been confined {^ever since} with a
Swelled Face; But (thank God) are got quite well again – Be so
Good as give Gray the enclosed Papers; and receive what Books & Papers
he [illeg] to you of Moses’s – Has Tom Philips filled ye Vacancies
of ye Elme in ye Nursery? [change hand] Instead of my sending an Account of M.r
King’s Casting for the Maltings, I desire you’ll let me have it from Ben,
And I will compare them here.
[original hand] Turn over
[change hand] please to deliver the enclosed Papers to W.Gray.
[original hand] I hope my Sister’s Health continues: and does she want any Money? My
true Respects to her & you concludes this from
y.r most affectionate E.H.
[change hand] Grays Inn:
10 Ap.l 1760
[vertical right side] To Nieces with {?Release} to Fr.
Hayle about many Things
10 April 1760
[change hand]
London
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Edmund Herbert to his nieces, 10 April 1760
Thanking their mother [?] for her kindness on the 'Blanket Affair', discussing the payment of some bills that have been sent to him, giving messages for them to deliver to various mutual acquaintances, describing his health following a cold he caught which caused him to have a swelled face, making sure that his sister is well and asking if they require any money
Herbert Family Papers
HE121
Huntington Library
1760
4
10
10 Apr 1760
[unknown] [??England]
Edmund Herbert Esq., Grays Inn, London
[England]
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face
confinement
a cold
- ill-health
- recovery
- unwell
- affection
- grateful
- love (familial)
- resentment
duty
care provided by family/kin/household
environment
- business
- family
- siblings
- body - improving
- health - improving
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Edmund Herbert to his nieces, 10 April 1760, 1041760: Huntington Library, Herbert Family Papers, HE121
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