1345 - John Cowper to Thomas Cooke, 19 March 1782
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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
me, but I’ve repented it ever since, I shou’d
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.
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
me, but I’ve repented it ever since, I should
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.
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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