BIB_ID
411805
Accession number
MA 9522.2
Creator
Elliston, William, 1732-1807.
Display Date
1796 July 19.
Description
1 item (3 pages, with address) ; 22.7 x 19 cm
Notes
Address panel with postmarks: "Mr Elliston / No. 2 Chapel Row / Queens Square / Bath."
Docketed.
This letter may be in response to R. W. Elliston's letters of July 6, 1796 and July 15, 1796, conveying news of his success in Bristol. These letters, which are in the Morgan's collection, are cataloged as MA 9513.7 and 9513.8. In addition, R. W. Elliston's letter of July 21, 1796 (MA 9513.9) appears to respond to this one, as it refers to several subjects mentioned in this letter.
Part of a collection of twelve letters from William Elliston to his nephew R. W. Elliston. Items in the collection have been described in individual catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Removed from an extra-illustrated volume in the series titled Dramatic Memoirs.
Docketed.
This letter may be in response to R. W. Elliston's letters of July 6, 1796 and July 15, 1796, conveying news of his success in Bristol. These letters, which are in the Morgan's collection, are cataloged as MA 9513.7 and 9513.8. In addition, R. W. Elliston's letter of July 21, 1796 (MA 9513.9) appears to respond to this one, as it refers to several subjects mentioned in this letter.
Part of a collection of twelve letters from William Elliston to his nephew R. W. Elliston. Items in the collection have been described in individual catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Removed from an extra-illustrated volume in the series titled Dramatic Memoirs.
Summary
Saying that "[a]ll your friends here unite in their congratulations on your success at Bristol; altho we know not how far to extend them, as we are unacquainted with the expenditure. I suppose [the] amount to have exceeded your expectation, and am happy in the idea that it will enable you to begin to realize the plan of making some provision for Mrs E and being prepared against any possible disastrous contingences"; adding a line in Greek; cautioning him against being over-optimistic about "future theatrical profits" based on this recent favorable reception; confirming the exact amounts he paid out to his nephew the previous year; asking for his help in remembering whether he gave him, for the second payment, fifty guineas or fifty pounds: "If you have a clear recollection of this transaction I request you to stake it to me, because it may tend either to quiet or confirm my suspicions respecting the honesty of a servant at my Lodgings: more than once have I reason to suppose my box has been opened, and if you did not receive 50 guineas -- I have certainly been robbed"; urging his nephew to "commence a cash account without delay: you may have some idea of the value of this advice when I tell you, that probably I should not have been worth a single farthing, had I not very early in life accustomed myself to accuracy in my accounts"; responding to a question from his nephew on religious matters and promising to send him several books, including "Bishop Watsons apology for the Bible in answer to T. Pain's Age of Reason" (referring to Thomas Paine's work of that name); writing further "I shall add to the Parcel a little Book for Mrs E.'s perusal; Had I known her earlier in life, the present wd have been more seasonable: but I have her youngest sister in my Eye to whom I wish Mrs E to lend it, if it meets with her approbation"; concluding "I hope these trifles will be accepted, as they are intended -- as marks of the affectionate attachment with which I am both her's and your's."
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