[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 Serv^t

N.^o 14. Coney Court Grays Inn. 19^th March 1782 Jn^o 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. 19^th March 1782 Jn^o 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.