| Title: | James Moty, Quebec, to W. J. Alexander, London. |
|---|---|
| ID | 1904 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Moty, James/19 |
| 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/20/43: Deposited by the Trustees of the Caledon Estate. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9512011 |
| Date | 27/08/1858 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 07:12:95. |
| Word Count | 972 |
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| Transcript | 19 Esplanade Quebec 27th Augt. [August?] 1858 Sir My applying to Messrs Bischoff, Cox, and Bompas, in the matter of my claim against Lord Caledon was upon a quasi request of Mr. Alexander, and with a view to obtain an earlier termination than it was likely would be effected if my correspondence were carried on directly with yourselves, (the executors) and also because I happened to mention their names in the P.S. of a letter to Mr. Alexander, by way of reference as being my solicitors in a cause now pending before the Privy Council, whereupon Mr. Alexander aplied [applied?] in his letter of 2nd March last, "As the P.S. of "your first letter mentions, however, a highly respectable and "Eminent firm of solicitors here, Messrs Bischoff, Cox, "& Co. we shall be quite ready to confer with them - " [---?] I beg you to understand that in troubling them at all in the matter was as much to expedite matters as to effect a settlement a l'amiable, if possible. - I never pretended in the teeth of your Statute of Limitations, to uphold my claim upon legal grounds. My object in speaking of those gentlemen at all, (whose acquaintance I had the honor [honour?] of making through letters of introduction from the Honourable L.T. Drummond, Her Majesty's Ex-Attorney General for Canada East) was more for the purpose of showing, that I was not an imposter, than for the object of causing an action to be instituted. - That you would avail yourselves of that Statute, I, certainly, was not prepared for, because, you, Mr. Smyly, in your letter to me of 20th July 1858, say, "I have "requested Mr. Alexander, on whose honor [honour?] you may "have perfect confidence, to dispose of your "application according to the justice of the case, "and he has kindly consented to do so." I therefore trust to the fulfilment of your promise "to dispose of my application according to the justice of the case." If I do not produce what might be considered in law sufficient proof to justify you, as executors, to pay my claim, I trust I have in justice, and in honor [honour?] placed before you unquestionable acknowledgements in Lord Caledons own letters of 27th April 1844 and 2nd Feb. [February?] 1846. that he intended to send me over œ500. to reimburse one for monies advanced to Him in his account, for the care and education of his children. In addition to those, I have now the honor [honour?] of forwarding their letters through Messrs Bischoff, Cox, and Bompas, (to whom I have likewise sent a copy of this letter,) but Two letters, dated, respectively Caledon, Ireland, Jany. [January?] 2.nd 1847. and - I see the others date has been destroyed, but they both go to establish that Lord Caledon promised to send me over œ500, to repay me for monies advanced to Flora, thank me for the trouble I have taken in the matter, request and to compound with Flora - get a quittance in her own hand writing; (that quittance I sent to Lord Caledon in 1847) and ,in one word, they establish the justice of any claim beyond a doubt. - If you, Sirs, as executors of Lord Caledon's estate, have a duty to perform, I, likewise, owe a duty to my children, and must use every means in my power to recover that money, (which I cannot afford to use) for their future benefit. - I have been negligent in this matter, I own, but you will admit that, I had a delicate duty to perform, Then I heard of Lord Caledons death I did not know to whom to apply. I could not address Her Ladyship upon the subject of a claim, the nature of which, would be anything but flattering to her, and you will admit that His Lordship was not an ordinary letter, in the first place, he was my bosom friend, and again, a Peer of the Realm, married to a daughter of a Peer of the three realms (The Earl of [Vernhim?] sister to another very intimate friend of mine, Captain the Honble [Honourable?] Chs. [Charles?] Grimston. of the Coldstream guards; In addition to which, she, Lord Caledon's widow, is occasionally honored [honoured?] by our most gracious Sovereign with the high position of Lady in waiting upon Her Majesty! That, in Law, I may possibly not be enabled to recover the petty amount that is due unto me, I admit, but in justice and equity, should I be compelled to lay my claim before the British public in all its details and correspondence, which I am determined to do, coute que coute in the event of your refusal to pay me, I have the confidence to hope that, that appeal shall not be made in vain. - I would feel obliged to you, Mr. Alexander, if you would kindly return me the letter I sent to you last winter, I mean the letter written by yourself to Lord Caledon during his residence in Canada - in case of refusal of payment - as that letter may be necessary for the completion of my statement. - As too much time and correspondence have already been lost upon this subject, I would feel obliged if you would communicate your intentions to me, at your earliest possible convenience, which, I respectfully trust, to avoid a proceeding so very repugnant to my feelings - will be, to order me to draw upon you for the amount of my claim I have the honor [honour?] to be, Sir, Your obedient Servant, James Moty P.S. I have sent a copy of this letter to Mr. Smyly's address - Ireland. In one of those letters you will see that Lord Caledon even states the amount I was to pay her, œ20 - per month. J.M. |
