1345 - John Cowper to Thomas Cooke, 19 March 1782

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[ANNOTATION] 19 March 1782

D.r S.r/

I receiv’d your’s yesterday, & am glad the remaining halves

of the Notes arriv’d safe. Your Letter hurt me a good deal for

this Reason, that you sho’d imagine I cou’d think it any

Difficulty or Trouble to receive your Dividends, I have always

wish’d to give perfect satisfaction, & so far from thinking it

either Trouble or Difficulty, if you, M.rs Cooke, & Miss Herbert

wou’d rather, ‘twill be just the same Thing to Me, to send your

Account & Mony every time I receive your Dividends; as twice

a year. Your first Letter made Me very uneasy because

it struck me, that you might imagine the Mony I had in hand

was not safe with Me, & as I may venture to say everyone

for whom I’m concern’d in Mony Matters are perfectly satisfied

with Me, it cut Me to think that you might not be so;

however as I am now convinc’d that was not the Case, I am

quite easy again, & flatter myself neither of us shall for the

future have any reason to be dissatisfied, I can only say that

‘tis my particular Wish to give Satisfaction to every one

for whom I am concern’d. M.rs Cowper joyns in Compliments

to you & the Ladies with, D.r S.r y.r most obed.t Servt

N.o 14. Coney Court Grays Inn. 19th March 1782 Jno Cowper

P.S. Unless you wish to keep it secret, I shall esteem it a

particular Favor, if you wou’d be so obliging {^as soon as convenient to you} to let me know how

many years Purchase you gave for the Lands you mention’d,

for I am at this time offer’d a little Thing which lies contiguous

to part of my Estate in the West, & I do not choose to give more

than 24 years Purchase at most, tho’ 2 years ago I was Fool

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enough to give 29 for a Farm which my Father thought it

worth his while my while to buy, as it was very convenient to

me, but I’ve repented it ever since, I shou’d esteem therefore

wish to know the common Price given for Lands in your

part of the Country, if not giving you too much Trouble

as I shall then be the better Judge what to give, by knowing

what is given in other Countries.
[ANNOTATION] 19 March 1782

Dear Sir/

I received yours yesterday, & am glad the remaining halves

of the Notes arrived safe. Your Letter hurt me a good deal for

this Reason, that you should imagine I could think it any

Difficulty or Trouble to receive your Dividends, I have always

wished to give perfect satisfaction, & so far from thinking it

either Trouble or Difficulty, if you, M.rs Cooke, & Miss Herbert

would rather, ‘twill be just the same Thing to Me, to send your

Account & Money every time I receive your Dividends; as twice

a year. Your first Letter made Me very uneasy because

it struck me, that you might imagine the Money I had in hand

was not safe with Me, & as I may venture to say everyone

for whom I’m concerned in Money Matters are perfectly satisfied

with Me, it cut Me to think that you might not be so;

however as I am now convinced that was not the Case, I am

quite easy again, & flatter myself neither of us shall for the

future have any reason to be dissatisfied, I can only say that

‘tis my particular Wish to give Satisfaction to every one

for whom I am concerned. M.rs Cowper joins in Compliments

to you & the Ladies with, Dear Sir your most obedient Servant

N.o 14. Coney Court Grays Inn. 19th March 1782 Jno Cowper

P.S. Unless you wish to keep it secret, I shall esteem it a

particular Favour, if you would be so obliging {^as soon as convenient to you} to let me know how

many years Purchase you gave for the Lands you mentioned,

for I am at this time offered a little Thing which lies contiguous

to part of my Estate in the West, & I do not choose to give more

than 24 years Purchase at most, tho’ 2 years ago I was Fool

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enough to give 29 for a Farm which my Father thought it

worth his while my while to buy, as it was very convenient to

me, but I’ve repented it ever since, I should esteem therefore

wish to know the common Price given for Lands in your

part of the Country, if not giving you too much Trouble

as I shall then be the better Judge what to give, by knowing

what is given in other Countries.
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John Cowper to Thomas Cooke, 19 March 1782

He is very hurt by their letter, that they should think he would think it a difficulty to administrate their dividends, he is happy to send the account and money every time they require them, their first letter made him very uneasy, discusses the price paid for some land, suggesting that Thomas is a better judge than he

Herbert Family Papers

HE412

Huntington Library

1782

3

19

19 March 1782

No 14 Coney Court, Grays Inn

[England] [London]

[?Towcester] [?Northamptonshire] [?England]

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John Cowper to Thomas Cooke, 19 March 1782, 1931782: Huntington Library, Herbert Family Papers, HE412

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