| Title: | W.J.A. [Alexander?], London, to Jas Moty, Quebec. |
|---|---|
| ID | 30 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Alexander, William J/195 |
| Year | 1838 |
| Sender | Alexander, William J. |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | solicitor |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | London, England |
| Destination | Quebec, Canada |
| Recipient | Moty, James |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | business |
| Source | D2433/B/20/34: Deposited by the Trustees of the Caledon Estates. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 9601094 |
| Date | 02/03/1838 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | Document added by LT, 05:01:96. |
| Word Count | 526 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | London 2nd March 1838 Sir, It was not possible to comply with the request conv.[conveyed?] in your letter of Jan 29 that the letter therein transmitted from the late Earl of Caledon to you, should be sent back to you "by the next mail" as it was necessary to send them over to Mr.Smyly for his perusal & [conson?]. I have already mentd. [mentioned?] to you that he is, with me, an Exor [Executor?] of the will of Ld [Lord?] Caledon. & that in all executional matters we act jointly. I now endorse to you the letters in question being in 6 in number. The letter from myself to his Lordships dated 2nd September 1842 I retain of course, in as much as it does not bear on the matter a discussion between you & the Exors [Executors?] in any way whatever, & is indeed my property. You are altogether mistaken in supposing that my letter of Jan. 8 implies or was intended to imply any want of veracity on your past. I stated as a fact that neither Mr.Smyly nor I had been able to find, after a strict search amongst his Lordships papers, any letters from you, or any mention of your name: but I never doubted, after receiving your assertion to that effect that you were in possession of letters from Ld [Lord?] Caledon, & I distinctly stated at the conclusion of my letter, that your own statement of your position was abundantly sufficient to vouch for your suspect ability & character without any reference to the officers & other gentlemen whose names you mentd. [mentioned?] in your first letter. To the subject of your claim M.S. & I have again given our best [conson?] & we cannot admit that your letter of January 29 brings forward any additional arguments for our departure from our original views - the [circes?] of Colonels [Bronne?] and [Broughton?] having repaid your debts (incurred by [themselves?]) after long intervals, cannot of course govern the decision of Exors [Executors?] who have strict duties to perform to their [Testators?] Estate,irrespective of all personal feelings & one can well understand that a principal, to whom all the circumstances are known may be preluded by a sense of Duty, as enforced by the Constable here in [sob?] cases from guilding to a claim made after so many years according to your own candid statement. It is quite clear that in point of law the Exors [Executors?] cannot be held liable & we very much doubt whether we shd [should?] be justified as Exors [Executors?] in considering the question under any other than a legal aspect. As the P.S. of my first letter mentions however a highly suspectable & eminent firm of solicitors here Messrs Bischoff Coxe & Co. with whom I have the pleasure to be well acquainted we shall be quite ready to confer with them & to hear any arguments or suggestions which they may think proper to adduce in gt [great?] favour or which they may think likely to alter the decision to which, as I before mentioned our duty reluctantly compels us to come. I remain & James Moty Esq. (signed) [W J A?] Barrister Quebec. |
