Autograph letter signed : Bath, to James Aickin, 1799 January 13.

Concerning the legal settlement of the Heneage estate: saying that he has recently received from the attorney Mr. Pearson "a large parcel of Parchments & Papers relative to your Son's Settlement for my Signature, in which I see is involved the Marriage Settlement of George Robt Heneage Esq with a Miss Ainslie -- whose Fortune I presume is the happy cause of the Redemption of Mortgages on the Estate of the Heneage's by which the remaining Portions of the younger Children are all paid off"; giving further details about the mortgages; discussing the documents he will be signing and saying "it is necessary for my satisfaction previously to know that all these Monies are vested in the Funds in the joint Names of George Robt Heneage & Richard Wroughton -- which must be ascertained by your Son, and, I should recommend, yourself"; referring Aickin to a broker; listing the sums invested and the type of stocks it is invested in; asking Aickin to write Pearson and let him know that Wroughton has received the documents and will be sending them back, with signature, soon; asking a question about a bond of indemnity; discussing theatrical matters: "I see by the Papers that the Theatre goes on charmingly -- it never can be otherwise till the Performers & Expences of the Theatre in every other Department are made the first objects of Payment from Monies received -- I wish you safe through the Campaign and fully paid"; referring to news about King George III: "The Return of the King I rejoice at -- When things are at the worst they say they will amend -- Which I hope will be speedily the case at Old Drury."