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Letters and papers of John Singleton Copley and Henry Pelham, 1739-1776
Letters and papers of John Singleton Copley and Henry Pelham 17391776 Author:John Singleton Copley Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Peter Pelham, Sr. to Peter Pelham, Jr. My Dear Son, I will assure you that I have not faild answering all the Letters I had the Joy and Pleasure of Receive... more »ing from you in answer to one Dated April the 5th, iy39and Recd June i2th,An- swerd September I2th following: another I had Dated october 3Oth, Recd November 26th, 1739, and likewise Answerd February igth, 1739-40 so that I hope my Dear Son will not Imput any thing wanting in me or Neglect in giveing you all the satisfaction you so Earnestly Desire in hearing from me as I am the same of you. but as the times are at Present it Cannot be much wonderd at our Letters being intercepted when it is so haserdus for all English ships to go any where abroad, who are very frequently taken by the Spaniards. however I have the Pleasure of Receiveing your Last Dated March I4th I had the 1st of July by the Boston Trader who says [he] is to Return very soon, so [I] would not lose the opertunity of Writeing by him. tho you Referd me to the Britania Captaine Fores,1 I have venturd to send this answer by the same hands that Brought me your Letter. I am heartily Pleasd to hear, by Lady D: Lorain z that Came from Charlestowne in Carolina about a year ago, that my Grandson Peter was a very Genteel Clever young man being very well acquainted with him by teaching Miss Fenwick her sister to play on the Harpsicord which he Performs very well.Lady D: Lorain was Married to Mr. Scott Captain of a man of Warr that was stationd att Carrolina whose Brother1 died a litle before he left that Contry with out Children so he Came to the title and he died that very night he Came to London. so she is now a widdow has one son about four years old now Lord D: Loraine, and another younger with her father and mother in Charlestowne. I Pray god give you Comfort and ...« less