1349 - John Cowper to Thomas Cooke, 2 November 1782
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I this day receiv’d your last Dividends, & take the earliest
Opportunity of sending my Accounts, which I flatter myself
you & the Ladies will find quite right, I also enclose (in the
Accounts) the halves of One hundred Pounds, Twenty five Pounds,
& Twenty Pounds Bank Notes, One hundred & forty five Pounds in all,
& when you return me the Account sign’d as usual, I shall be
oblig’d to you to let me know of their reaching you safe, in order
that I may send you the remaining halves.
The Relief of Gibralter makes many People think We shall
soon have a peace, & tho’ there is not any official Account arriv’d
yet, ‘tis believ’d the Fleets have met & had an Engagement, & that
We have been victorious, a Gentleman of the Court was telling
Me this yesterday, I wish it may be true, a few days will prove it.
I hope the bad season we’ve had has not been very prejudicial
to you, in Wiltshire the Barley is in general very indifferent indeed,
but my Tenants have had better Crops of Hay than for some years
past. M.rs Cowper begs to joyn in Compliments to you M.rs Cooke &
Miss Herbert with, D.r S.r y.r most obed.t Serv.t
Jno Cowper Junr
I hope Miss Herbert’s Leg
is quite quite well
N.o 14. Coney Court
Grays inn
2.nd Novr 1782
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[change hand - for transcription see letter 2902]
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[original hand] M.r Cooke
Whittleboro’
Towcester
Northamptonshire
[ANNOTATION] From Mr Cowper 2. Nov. 1782
With ye Answer ye 5. Do
I this day received your last Dividends, & take the earliest
Opportunity of sending my Accounts, which I flatter myself
you & the Ladies will find quite right, I also enclose (in the
Accounts) the halves of One hundred Pounds, Twenty five Pounds,
& Twenty Pounds Bank Notes, One hundred & forty five Pounds in all,
& when you return me the Account signed as usual, I shall be
obliged to you to let me know of their reaching you safe, in order
that I may send you the remaining halves.
The Relief of Gibraltar makes many People think We shall
soon have a peace, & tho’ there is not any official Account arrived
yet, ‘tis believed the Fleets have met & had an Engagement, & that
We have been victorious, a Gentleman of the Court was telling
Me this yesterday, I wish it may be true, a few days will prove it.
I hope the bad season we’ve had has not been very prejudicial
to you, in Wiltshire the Barley is in general very indifferent indeed,
but my Tenants have had better Crops of Hay than for some years
past. M.rs Cowper begs to join in Compliments to you M.rs Cooke &
Miss Herbert with, Dear Sir your most obedient Servant
Jno Cowper Junr
I hope Miss Herbert’s Leg
is quite quite well
N.o 14. Coney Court
Grays inn
2.nd November 1782
[new page]
[change hand - for transcription see letter 2902]
[new page]
[original hand] M.r Cooke
Whittleboro’
Towcester
Northamptonshire
[ANNOTATION] From Mr Cowper 2. Nov. 1782
With ye Answer ye 5. Do
John Cowper to Thomas Cooke, 2 November 1782
Sending the accounts at the earliest opportunity which he flatters himself are all quite right, discussing the recent relief of Gibraltar and what it means for the ongoing conflict discussing the weather and its impact on crops [response is on letter 2902]
Herbert Family Papers
HE415
Huntington Library
1782
11
2
2nd Novr 1782
No 14 Coney Court, Grays Inn
[London] [England]
Whittleborough, Towcester, Northamptonshire
[England]
To Cite this Letter
John Cowper to Thomas Cooke, 2 November 1782, 2111782: Huntington Library, Herbert Family Papers, HE415
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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.