| Title: | J.G. Langly, Dublin, to W.J. Alexander, England |
|---|---|
| ID | 3555 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | langly, j/51 |
| Year | 1858 |
| Sender | Langly, J. |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | politician? |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Dublin, Ireland |
| Destination | London, England |
| Recipient | Alexander, William John |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | friends |
| Source | D 2433/B/20/48: Deposited by the Trustees of the Caledon Estate |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 9511129 |
| Date | 17/11/1858 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | Document added by LT, 29:11:95. |
| Word Count | 562 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | Dublin 17 Nov 1858 My Dear Alexander I have kept J W Moty's letters too long but had [actually?] [friend?] this first quiet [evening?] I have had for some time, to write and return them, when your reminder came to [enforce?] my situations I quite agree with you that the [mutilated?] state in which [the?] letters of Lord Caledon are in not the results of time, & wear & tear, but of Deliberate spoliation, and yet each letter contains material [--ably?] one with little trouble [can?] ascertain the real Date- one of them is dated and I believe truly in 1847, but if you look at the tails of two letters left and the spaces, [confuse?], you will see that the words sugested by [Mr?] Moty [agree?] not those originally in the letter, & also that the [Mutilation?] was wilful, and for the very purpose of removing the true words, the refusal of [Moty or Money?] is [distinct?] [Swift?] to the [account?] of a "[Claude?] present", but the letter shows that our worthy correspondent did [certainly?] not the noble & honorable art of "Sir [Pandarus?] of Troy"- The second letter is most [Clumsily?] altered in the terms of [money?] whatever the point [there?] mentioned was originaly, it was actually committed, & no claim on the [good?] of it can be made - The monthly payment [as?] [there?] seems to have been originally "œ4.10 per month" appears altered to œ20 - I suspect this letter was prior to the other, but the time can be easily ascertained, as it was written soon after - the [Guards?] were relieved by the 60[th?] at Quebec - the [ventilation?] of the back page was to remove the Port mark [mercy?], as the contents are simple enough, "I will try to find [J?] Wm [William?] Moty an album on my return to London, and send it to [her?] by [Martyn?], give my [best?] love to JWm [J William?] Moty and when you write direct this to Caledon as I have no fixed residence in London that is to say no very regular one" Both allude to the "Lorette" and I suspect Jaques l'[Courier?] and the others named were [much?] [as?] [Madam?] [Viedary?] intend it I do not mistake a letter [informing?] she and me, alluded to a "black [Countess?] and [brought?] the [name?] of Mrs Moty not [some?] sort of contact with her - the impression at any rate left on my mind was that the wife [knew?] the [accommodating?] [services?] her husband [rendered?] to his "intimate friend"- [He?] is not [going?] to deal with this matter, fortunately his solicitors are known to you to be men of character, & they cannot fail to see [how?] [---?] [---------?] to say the least of it their Clients [connection?] with Lord Caledon was, they will not adopt his threats & [may?] be [managed?] by you; I have perfect confidence in [your?] Diplomacy, and put them into your hands, give them their costs up to the present time, & if they press for more some small sum for their Client, & [stops?] [ask?] further application & [scandal?] - that is if you can do so with [Satisfaction?] [------?] our feelings - I sent Lord Caledon the [----------?] for the [----------?] in [consols?] of the [rending?] you sent me [believe?] [me?] [----?] [Jamsy?] [-----?] John G. Langly |
