Autograph letter signed with initials : [London?], to Dr. Johnstone [Pulteney], 1757 Apr. 16.

Concerning legal issues surrounding extinguishing an old bond that involves a Mr. Forbes and his wishes to have a Memorial written on behalf of Mr. Forbes; saying that amidst the "...Inquiry into the loss of Minorca, The Militia Bill and The Establishment of a Ministry" his hopes are "not very sanguine" as those to whom they must apply for relief will have little time to devote to a "private affair" though "Ld. Hard:[wicke], I think, will be very ready to listen to us;" commenting "You'll say that By our Law These Circumstances are no ground for voiding a Security; If a bond is saved from prescription, It must be effectual & bear action & the Law admits of no presumptions ag't It. I agree w't you, but the Difficulty is to make that Doctrine clear to Men accustomed to reason in a different manner. If I rightly understood L. Hard:[wicke] He seemed to think that Independant of prescriptions, No Court of Equity ought to support an action upon a bond of an old date, where there was the smallest Circumstance to create a Suspicion that It had been extinguished;" adding that he had just learned that a Memorial had been written.