Harley Street, (London).—Will complete the business relating to Mr Lloyd’s estate when it suits Mr Lloyd.
(Reply:) Ipswich.—Will call on him on Friday.
(The letter is dated the 24th, the reply the following day.)
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Transcript
Harley Street April 24th 1792
Sir.
I should have written to you sooner on the subject of the Papers you sent me relative to Mr Lloyds {1} Estate, but the Gentleman with whom I wished to converse, as I told you, has been ill & unable to attend to business.
I am ready to compleat the business whenever it suits Mr Lloyd. of† course the Deeds in his Possession will be deliverd to me, & a Warranty for the Titles, & a Bar to Mrs Lloyds Dower as you propose. I take it for granted that you will prepare the Draught of the Deed accordingly, & the sooner you do it the better. I shall go into Suffolk with my family on Tuesday next, & will take my chance of seeing you.
I am Sir
Your very obedt | & humble Sert
Chas Arcedeckne
To Edw Hasell Esq[uir]e
[Direction:] To | Edward Hasell Esq[uir]e | Ipswich. | Suffolk
[Draft reply:] {2}
D[ea]r Sir
I mean to call on you Friday Morning—[…] I […]red & take the Oppo[rtuni]ty […]of by Mr Archer, who says he will leave it with you
I am Y[ou]r Ob[edien]t hble S {2}
E Hasell
Ipswich 25 Apr 1792
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Postmarked 24 Apr. 1792. Docketed ’24 Apr 1792 | Mr Arcedeene’, perhaps a phonetic spelling. Dawson Turner has written at the top in pencil, ‘M.P for Wallingford & Westbury’. In the original some words are abbreviated by superior letters. In the transcript the missing letters have been supplied in square brackets.
{1} Possibly Richard Bennett Lloyd of the Foot Guards, the former husband of Arcedeckne’s sister-in-law Johanna. Lloyd died in 1787. Johanna’s eldest sister Amelia also married, secondly, a man named Lloyd, but he was a clergyman. See Burke’s History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland (1835), ii. 599.
{2} Some of the words in this draft are indistinct.
{3} The exact reading of this line is uncertain.