Volume 62: Walter Stevenson Davidson papers, 1815-1846: No. 104
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[Page 104]
I am now enabled to give you ample information respecting Jonathan Wheeler's affair – Mr. Beaufoy sent a Mr. Bolton to me, and was very obliging in the matter – I have lately been put into personal communication with Mr. Joseph Smith of No. 8. Royal St. Hill St. Walworth, who is the chief and acting Executor of the deceased Brother – A Mr. Blake, also of Walworth, is the other – Mr. Smith has had a correspondence with the Family in Gloucestershire, and in addition to the sum of £3.-.3d claimed by a Mrs. Hook, and alluded to in your letter as a recognised debt of between £3. and £4., the Brother at Stroud writes to Mr. Smith that Jonathan has authorised him to claim £6. more for Esther, your Tenant's Daughter, of which payment no mention whatever is made in your letter to me – Consequently, Mr. Smith has determined to let the money remain in the Saving's Bank, where it now is, until I can hear from you again in Oct: or Nov: next, and then the settlement of the account will be a simple matter, as Mr. Smith appears a very reasonable man, and anxious to act correctly – Jonathan Wheeler must therefore address Messrs Smith & Blake, the Executors of his late Brother, and direct what payments he wishes made out of the money, and distinctly to whom they are to be made, instructing the Executors to make them, and then to pay the remaining Balance over to me, upon a simple letter of release, wherein I will recite the whole account, and after that, I will remit the money in any way directed, or otherwise, in the most advantageous manner I can devise