The Collected Letters of Charlotte Smith

Appendix

Appendix To James Upton Tripp [Wyke, 12 September 1787] Sir, Mr Turner has informed me that Lord Egremont has directed 50 Gs to be paid for the Horse which his Lordship had upon trial, and that you wish to know who is to receive the Money. I trouble you therefore with this to request the favour of you to pay it to Mr Collins1 whose receipt on my behalf will be suf¤cient, he having very kindly undertaken the trouble of dividing it as far as it will go, among Mr Smiths creditors. I cannot conclude without thanking you for having been so obliging as to interest yourself in the disposal of the Horse. And I am, Sir, your obt & obligd humble Sert Charlotte Smith Wyke. Septr 12th 1787. Petworth House Archives MS. No address or postmark. note 1. Not identi¤ed. To James Upton Tripp [Wyke, 19 September 1787] Sir, I yesterday saw Mr Collins & ¤nd him much engaged with company in his house for which reason he begs I will myself receive the money for the appendix Horse. I shall therefore be oblig’d to you to forward it at your leisure by the post or by any safe private hand in the form of a bank or post bill &you shall immediately receive my receipt. I beg your pardon for giving you this additional trouble. And am, Sir, your obt hble Sert Charlotte Smith Wyke Septr 19th 1787. Petworth House Archives MS. No address or postmark. To James Upton Tripp [Wyke, 21 September 1787] Sir, Very particular circumstances which have occurred since I wrote to you oblige me to request a favr of you on which I should not otherwise have presumed . Which is, that you will immediately send thirty pounds to the Revd Charles Parsons1 at Midhurst on my account & the rest of the money to me. This request must appear very extraordinary and perhaps very improper. If I know not what I would say, But be assured I should not have taken this liberty witht a very particular exigency. I am (in great haste & some confusion of mind from the distressing account of the death of poor Mrs Williams2 ), Sir, yr most hble Sert Charlotte Smith Septr 21st 1787. Petworth House Archives MS. No address or postmark. notes 1. Master of Midhurst Grammar School (1788–1795). 2. Not identi¤ed. To James Upton Tripp [Wyke, 25 September 1787] Sir, I yesterday receiv’d your very obliging Letter enclosing a draft for 765 # appendix Twenty two pounds ten shillings, which together with thirty pounds paid by you on my account to the Revd Charles Parsons makes the Sum of ¤fty Guineas, being the Sum directed by Lord Egremont to be paid for an Horse purchas’d by his Lordship of Mr Smith— I have only to repeat my thanks for your very friendly and polite attention throughout this little transaction—And I am with great esteem, Sir, your most oblig’d & obt Sert Charlotte Smith Septr 25th 1787– Petworth House Archives MS. No address or postmark. ...