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 y^e

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 25^th Nov.^r But have y^e 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 y^t been higher, the Servants Rooms w.<sup>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 suppose 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</sup>

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 y^e

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 25^th November But have y^e 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 M^r {?Bloxham} y^e 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 y^r Leisure {?&} {?I} willingly have particulars – When Mr

King paid one his first years Rent (the 9^th of November) I received of him in cheer [damaged]

Nine Shillings & Ten Pence {?Farthing}, instead of one hundred & five Pounds {^[illeg]} [damaged]

He complained y^t 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 y^e 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 y^e Malting with I suppose 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 y^e {?Trees} he mentioned to be cut

down in y^e 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 y^e Vacancies

of y^e Elme in y^e 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