1332 - John Cowper to Thomas Cooke, 16 November 1779
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I was favor’d with yours yesterday enclosing your
Account & I herein remit you the remaining halves of the
£100 & £50 Bank Notes, & shall be oblig’d to you to let me
know that you receive ‘em safe, I’m {^sorry} there has been any
thing mention’d about Mistrust on either side, for I assure
you I have much too high an Opinion of you & the Ladies
to entertain the least, & your polite Expressions with regard
to my Father & self, gave me great Pleasure for ‘tis infinite
satisfaction to Me to please, the next half year I will
send the half Notes when I send the Accounts – My Father is
now out of Town, in his last Letter to Me He ask’d after & desir’d
his Complim.ts to you & the Ladies, to whom I beg leave to present
Mine & am with same to yourself
D.r S.r y.r oblig’d & faithful hble serv.t
Jno Cowper Junr
16: Nov.r 1779.
No 14. Coney Court
Grays Inn
[change hand]
21. Nov. 1779
Sir,
We rec.d yours dated y.e 16. with y.e remaining halves of y.e 100£
& 50£ Bank Notes enclosed & are very glad to hear your Father is well
to whom we always desire our Respectfull Complimts
please to accept ye same yourself from S.r
yr humble Servt
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M.r Cooke
Whilttleboro
Towcester
Northamptonshire
[change hand] From M.r Cowper 16. Nov. 1779
With y.e Answer y.e 21. D.o
I was favoured with yours yesterday enclosing your
Account & I herein remit you the remaining halves of the
£100 & £50 Bank Notes, & shall be obliged to you to let me
know that you receive ‘em safe, I’m {^sorry} there has been any
thing mentioned about Mistrust on either side, for I assure
you I have much too high an Opinion of you & the Ladies
to entertain the least, & your polite Expressions with regard
to my Father & self, gave me great Pleasure for ‘tis infinite
satisfaction to Me to please, the next half year I will
send the half Notes when I send the Accounts – My Father is
now out of Town, in his last Letter to Me He asked after & desired
his Compliments to you & the Ladies, to whom I beg leave to present
Mine & am with same to yourself
Dear Sir your obliged & faithful humble servant
Jno Cowper Junior
16: Novembe 1779.
No 14. Coney Court
Grays Inn
[change hand]
21. Nov. 1779
Sir,
We received yours dated y.e 16. with y.e remaining halves of y.e 100£
& 50£ Bank Notes enclosed & are very glad to hear your Father is well
to whom we always desire our Respectful Compliments
please to accept ye same yourself from Sir
your humble Servant
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M.r Cooke
Whilttleborogh
Towcester
Northamptonshire
[change hand] From M.r Cowper 16. Nov. 1779
With y.e Answer y.e 21. D.o
John Cowper to Thomas Cooke, 16 November 1779
Sending some bank notes and asking for confirmation that they have been received safely, indignantly apologising for any mistrust on either side, he has much to high a regard for you to have been deceptive, sending his compliments to all. Second half of the letter confirms the receipt of the bank notes, and they are pleased to hear that his father is well
Herbert Family Papers
HE406
Huntington Library
1779
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16 November 1779
No.14 Coney Court, Grays Inn
[London] [England]
Mr Cooke, Whittleborough, Towcester, Northamptonshire
[England]
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John Cowper to Thomas Cooke, 16 November 1779, 16111779: Huntington Library, Herbert Family Papers, HE406
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Material Identities, Social Bodies: Embodiment in British Letters c.1680-1820. Compiled by: Karen Harvey, Helen Esfandiary, Sarah Fox, Emily Vine, University of Birmingham. Project funded by the Leverhulme Trust (2021-2025, Ref. RPG-2020-163), https://socialbodies.bham.ac.uk.