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well provided and setled to her sattisfaction.1 I hope you will present my warmest Love and Sencer affections to her, and asure her the lenth of time and gret Distance has not abeted my love and sencear Regards for her and all her famaly, and belive me nothing but the Difacolty of Conveing lettrs. to you hinders My not writing oftner to you all, as I am serten maney of my Letters Niver Coms to your hands.

I sincerly Congratulet you and your Brother on his Matoramonall State and on the blesing God has given him by the increase of his famaly which is Sertenly a gret blesing when they are blesed with sence and the feer of God and dutey and love to their perants. Your acct. of his marrige is the first I hard of him. You mentioned in your letter that he intended to make the tour of Europ; if so I hope he will be so kind to Com to this Kingdom. I asure you It would give all his frends heer Infinet plesur to see him or aney of my Dear Nephews.

pre what is becom of yr Br Charles? I have not hard of him sence he was in London and then I reci'd to Lettrs. from him the Last of them was Dated 27 Decr., 1759. I hope in your next you will give me an acct. of him and all the rest of my relesons in ameraco and that you and my Name sake will Continue a More Reglaur Corespondance with me as nothing would give me more rell plesur then heering from you all. I now will give you a shart acct. of my famaly. I have but four Child'n, two Dauters and two Sons- -the youngest is mared 7 years ago to one Edwd. Palmer; he was bred to the Law and has a good Estate he has 3 Dauters and is very hapley setled in Birr in the King County. I gave him £1000 pounds Stg. with her. My Eldist dauter was mared 13th Instant to Antoney King, a man Bred to the Law who has a good Estate In Dublin. I gave him 1 Mrs. Pelham died in 1789.

£2000 pound Stg. his fathe[r] is an Alderman In Dublin and was Knighted by the Lord Leftnant for his actifety and Clifornes when he was Sherif; I asure you I am gretly fitteged from the horey of this weding by receveing and paying visets which was finesed Yester Day; My Br. Cooper and his wife1 are all well and wants for nothing but Childer to make them happy. My Eldist Son is 19 year ould; me Second Son a bout IO year ould.

I send this by Cap'n Kley who is bound to Lond'n and promises to forward it to you by som safe hand.

[the youck you ware to be sadled with and tron of by the brafe Bostons is now the Stamp act past in a Law and to take place the 25 of March next, besides severall other Vilonos taxes lead on Yous by a Most Vilors and Coropt Parlement whos prinsoble part are bribed to sel there Contrey.] plese to present my sencer Love to my Dr. Sister, yr. Brother and Sister In Law, and all frends, and belive me to be Dr. Hary, Yours Most Sencerly and Affly,

JOHN SINGLETON.

DEAR SIR,

Copley to Isaac Winslow Clarkes

BOSTON, April 26, 1774.

The Ladys after the pleasure of spending a most agreable day with you, got home about half past eight oclock all well, and at the usual hour retired to bed; about 12 oclock a number

1 Ann, sister of John and Mary Singleton.

2 The words in brackets have been erased so effectively that it is almost impossible to decipher them. There is nothing to indicate whether this was done by Singleton or by Pelham, to whom they must have given offence.

• From the Collection of Mr. Denison R. Slade.

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of persons came to the house, knock'd at the front door, and awoke Sukey and myself. I immediately opened the window, and asked them what they wanted; they asked me if Mr. Watson1 was in the house. I told them he was not, they made some scruples of beleiving me, and asked if I would give them my word and honour that he was not in the house. I replied yes. They than said he had been here and desired to know where he was. I told them he had been here, but he was gone and I supposed out of Town as he went in his chaise from this with an intention to go home; they than desired to know how I came to entertain such a Rogue and Villin, My reply was, he was with Coll'l Hancock in the afternoon at his house and from thence came here and was now gone out of Town; they seemed somewhat sattisfied with this and retired a little way up the Street but soon returned and kept up the Indian Yell for sometime when I again got up and went to the window; and told them, I thought I had sattisfied them Mr. Watson was not in the house but I again assured them he was not and beg'd they would not disturb my family. they said they could take no mans word, they beleived he was here and if he was they would know it, and my blood would be on my own head if I had deceived them; or if I entertained him or any such Villain for the future must expect the resentment of Joice. a great deal more of such like language passed when they left me and passed up the street and were met by a chaise which stoped as in consultation by Mr. Greens, which in a little time turned and went up with them, by this you must see my conjectures with regard to you are not ill founded, nor my cautions needless. I hope you will be continually on your gaurd when you are off the Island; what a spirrit! what if Mr. Watson had stayed (as I pressed him to) 1 Colonel George Watson, of Plymouth, a mandamus counsellor.

to spend the night. I must either have given up a friend to the insult of a Mob or had my house pulled down and perhaps my family murthered. I am, Dear Sir, Your Affectionate Brother and Humble Ser❜t,

JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY.

Addressed; For Mr. Isaac Clarke at Castle William.

SIR,

Joseph Webb to Henry Pelham

Your's of the 26th Ulo. I Recd. per last post, and am much surprizd at the Contents. I wish you wou'd take the trouble to call on Mr. Hyde, the Hartford Post Rider, to whom I paid the Mon[ely on the Receiving the Picture, which was last fall. I was in Boston last February and shou'd hardly have come out of Town, had it not have been paid; and was sorry that I was in such hurry as not to be able to wait on Mr. Copley out of Complisance. for I found Him vastly polite and genteel when He did the Work for me. I can't say but I am much displeased with the post, for of all debts, I shou'd never consent to one like this. I am, Sir, with compliments to Mr. Copley and His Lady, and to Your Self, Your most H. Servt.

Jos. WEBB.1

Shall be much Obliged to know what Mastr. Hyde says. You shall soon have the Affair put to rights as I Expect to be in town in the Course [of] 4 Weeks.

WETHERSFIELD, June 3d, 1774.

1 Brother of Samuel Blatchley Webb.

Henry Pelham to [Helena Pelham]1

HON'D AND Dear Aunt,

BOSTON, June 8, 1774.

A diffidence of appearing in a proper manner before you has hitherto prevented me from tendering you those marks of duty, Esteem and Affection which the distance between us will permitt and the Regard I owe to the sister of an Hon'd and dear Father demands. By so favourable an oppertunity I take the liberty of presenting myself before you with my most affectionate duty as a Nephew who is exceedingly solicitous of obtaining your favour and Blessing.

This will be delivered you by my very dear and tender Brother Mr. Copley who I hope will obtain your favourable Notice. He is a Gentleman possessd of all those endearing qualities which are respected by the Virtuous and good and adornd with those accomplishments that attract the notice and esteem of his Friends and Acquaintance. In his profession he is very capital, the many testimonies of Respect he has received from abroad evincing his fame to be very extensive. To him I am under the greatest and most perticular Obligations for the early and continued Mark of his kindness to me. By him I am fixed in a Buisness which by the blessing of Heaven upon Industry and application will render my future Life happy.

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The difficulty I find in speaking of myself forms the propriety of my refering you to Mr. Copley for a more perticular Account. My hon'd Mother begs your acceptance of her best Wish[e]s for your Happiness her kindest Love and Regards. 1 See Copley to Pelham, August 5, 1774, infra.

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