Dear Sir/
With all your attention & alacrity, M^r Cock
got the start of you, and yesterday mumbled
out a half-formed project with regard to
the farm at Shipton ----- It seems that the
view of the Parties was, For M^r Cock to
hold the House & Farm in his name,
and for the Widow and her daughters to
lodge and board with him & his wife ----
I told him I cou’d take no step of
any kind in relation to Shipton, till
I was informed of M^rs Hutchinson’s last
determination; that whenever the late
M^r Hutchinson’s farm came into my hands,
The rent of it wou’d probably be raised
from £173 a year to £400 ------ This
declaration almost paralyzed M^r Cock,
and left him only the power of saying,
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That under those circumstances, and with
his profession, it wou’d be incompatible
for him to engage in such an undertaking.
I encouraged him in his resolution of not
having too many irons in the fire , and
especially of a nature so heterogeneous
as a g-t-r-pipe and a ploughshare – So
the conversation terminated -----
My opinion is the same as yours concerning
a certain popular orator’s powers – I form’d
it on reading his florid address on the
day of nomination –
We have a sick family here, among the
servants, with violent colds & rheumatic
complaints --- My footman William, without
any apparent cause, was suddenly seized
yesterday with an effusion of blood from
his nose and mouth – He is better today –
Remember you have promised to exert yourself
to out-live me , and assist M^rs Earle; under
conviction you will be as good as your word,
I am, D^r Sir,
yours most sincerely
G Earle
Beningbrough Hall
Nov:^r 14^th -- 1806
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Mr Munby
Attorney at Law
York

Dear Sir/
With all your attention & alacrity, M^r Cock
got the start of you, and yesterday mumbled
out a half-formed project with regard to
the farm at Shipton ----- It seems that the
view of the Parties was, For M^r Cock to
hold the House & Farm in his name,
and for the Widow and her daughters to
lodge and board with him & his wife ----
I told him I cou’d take no step of
any kind in relation to Shipton, till
I was informed of M^rs Hutchinson’s last
determination; that whenever the late
M^r Hutchinson’s farm came into my hands,
The rent of it wou’d probably be raised
from £173 a year to £400 ------ This
declaration almost paralyzed M^r Cock,
and left him only the power of saying,
[new page]
That under those circumstances, and with
his profession, it wou’d be incompatible
for him to engage in such an undertaking.
I encouraged him in his resolution of not
having too many irons in the fire , and
especially of a nature so heterogeneous
as a g-t-r-pipe and a ploughshare – So
the conversation terminated -----
My opinion is the same as yours concerning
a certain popular orator’s powers – I form’d
it on reading his florid address on the
day of nomination –
We have a sick family here, among the
servants, with violent colds & rheumatic
complaints --- My footman William, without
any apparent cause, was suddenly seized
yesterday with an effusion of blood from
his nose and mouth – He is better today –
Remember you have promised to exert yourself
to out-live me , and assist M^rs Earle; under
conviction you will be as good as your word,
I am, D^r Sir,
yours most sincerely
G Earle
Beningbrough Hall
Nov:^r 14^th -- 1806
[new page]
Mr Munby
Attorney at Law
York