The Letters of Sir Samuel Hellier (1736–1784)

To
Sir Samuel Hellier 
Surry Street in the 
Strand 

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Sir 

I have looked over Mr Bests
Letter. Who seems to say that You
had before agreed to this Matter 
Yourself. if this was Really so —
I Don’t see how you Can gett off 
with Honour, but I think the 
Terms now proposed which are Different 
from the first, are much more — 
advantageous for you, for Whatever 
is put into the power of a Wife to
Dispose of I should think the Husband 
Would stand the Best Chance to have 
the Benefitt of. I should think it —
therefore adviseable to Consent to 
put £1000 into the Ladys power, In case 
of no Issue to be shall live to the age 
of 21, I am of the same opinion — 
I ever was that the Bargain is a —
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Hard one, but I Dont see How you Can 
Retract With Honour. If you made no — 
Objection before Mr. Hatrell, to the first 
Proposal, as the Matter now proposed is much 
better for you than that was; I am Sir 
Your Most Humble Servant 
Thomas Vaughan 
23d aprill 1765