| Title: | James Moty, Quebec, To W.J.Alexander, London |
|---|---|
| ID | 1902 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Moty, James/3 |
| Year | 1858 |
| Sender | Moty, James |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | barrister |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Quebec, Canada |
| Destination | London, England |
| Recipient | Alexander, William J |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | business |
| Source | D 2433/B/20/30: Deposited by the Trustees of the Caledon Estate. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 9601086 |
| Date | 29/01/1858 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 05:01:96. |
| Word Count | 593 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | 19 Esplanade Quebec 29th January 1858. Sir Your letter of the 8th January, instant, I duly received, and must certainly express my astonishment at its terms and contents. You, surely do not mean to say that you would take advantage of the "Statute" to evade paying a claim contracted upon the bonds of the strictest confidence and intimacy? I certainly did not bring forward my demand within the prescribed limitation of the statute, if calculated from the commencement of his Lordships indebtedness to me, because I never anticipated the defence. If I understand your letter correctly that would be offered by his Lordships executors and because I knew not of Lord Caledons death until a long time after his Lordships decease. Your letter seems to imply a doubt as to my veracity when you state therein "We have next to state "that the most careful search among "the late Earls papers fails to discover "any correspondence with you on the "subject of your letter to one, or indeed "upon any other, and as you send copies "of two letters addressed by his Lordship "to you,one dated April 5th 1845, the "other Feb.[February?] 2nd 1846, the last more than "nine years previous to his death the "italics are yours and have diverted "our attention particularly to Lord "Caledons papers of these two periods "without any better success." To endeavor to remove that doubt I enclose a few letters from his Lordship to me, that of the "2nd Feb.[February?] 1846" among the members and to show the confidence and intimacy which existed between his Lordship and myself I likewise enclose a note of your own to him, left me among other papers of his Lordships before his departure from Canada. You will please,if you intend to contest my claim return me these letters per next mail. If it were my intention to defraud it would be easy for me to advise the mother of the children in question to institute an action for the allowance his Lordship promised to pay her through me. That I have neglected & delayed in bringing forward my claim I admit, but I am in the habit of neglecting money matters, especially with my friends; and in a letter addressed by me to Mr.Smyly by the last mail I refer him to Colonel St.[Saint?] John Thomas Browne of the Royal Artillery Dover, who owes one upward of œ200 far more than 12 years,and to Lieut. [Lieutenant?] Colonel J.D.Broughton of the Royal Artillery. Devonport, who was indebted onto me since 1837 in the sum of upwards of œ110 which I demanded only in September or October last, when he paid one by Cheques upon his Bankers Case & Co. London: those two gentlemen, can, I trust, have no objections to admit the truth of this statement. I conclusion, I hope I shall not be put to the painful alternative of litigation for the recovery of any claim. Should I be compelled to adopt that unpleasant course I might equitably bring forward a large professional account againgst his Lordship for the many services tendered him both in Quebec and since his departure, but, I trust, you will kindly prevent anything so disagreeable, and forthwith send me an order to draw upon you for the amount of my claim. An early answer would oblige Your very obedient servant James Moty. P.S. Memo:of the enclosed letters- one dated 26th March 1843. one- without a date- one- 5th Nov.1842. one 5th April 1845. one 2nd Feb. 1846 one 18th Jany. 1849 together with your note to his Lordship of 27th Sep.1842. J.M. [James Moty?] Paid and Requested W.J.Alexander Esquire Counsel in England 22 St.James' Place London England |
