SD82. James Scarlett to Edward Moulton-Barrett (father)
Published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 1, 308 (in part).
[London]
Tuesday Sept 1. 1807
My dear Barrett
I am very unlucky to have missed you this morning, as I arrived at Chambers very soon after you had been there. I was on the point of writing to you at Coxhoe not conceiving that you were in the neighbourhood of town. I am much disapppointed at the prospect Sam has now before him in consequence of his expedition to Copenhagen. I had a very pleasant letter from him dated the 16 July from Altona, in high spirits & apparently much pleased with what he had seen & expected to see. He was then on the point of going to Copenhagen. Nobody at that time conceived that we were sending a vast armament to that place for the purpose of negotiating ourselves into a war with Denmark. I hope however that we are now in possession of Copenhagen– At all events Sam is only likely to suffer the inconvenience of not being at liberty for some short time to quit a place where he meant to stay (as he wrote to me) two or three months. He may perhaps find more of his English friends there than he expected to see–
I wrote to my banker, & we had agreed to transfer to your account 500l & since I came to town I have desired Boddington Philips & Sharp to pay in, or rather I have paid into your account with them—the balance of your last crop sold by them—the amount is greater than I expected being about 1300l pending the sugars in Mr Clarkes hands which he has not accounted for and 50 hhds. remaining unsold in London. In addition to this I shall have a further balance to pay you from Plummer & Barkers account as soon as I can finally settle with them. I thought it had been adjusted but upon looking over my papers I find they have not made it out properly & I shall be obliged to make them restate it– This I shall set about if possible during the day I remain in town—& then the whole shall be paid to B P & S to your account– I am now at Chas Ellis’s chambers at Albany & shall be glad to see you then—from ten to four tomorrow I shall be in the City but I think at four or thereabouts I shall be at the Temple—& on thursday morning I leave town for Dorking[.] I fear it will not be possible for me to call on your mother <but> if I can I will[.]
Ever yours
most truly
JS
Address, on integral page: Edd M Barrett Esqr / 64 King Street / Manch Square.
Docket, in the hand of EM-B (father): Sepr 7. 1807.
Publication: None traced.
Manuscript: Eton College Library.
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