| Description | Mrs Watt presents her Compts to Mr Walker she hopes that Mrs Walker and him are well Mrs Watt begs Mr Walker will keep for her 18 or 20 Guineas as she wants to pay the Sarvants Wages & some other Bill that has stood since before she went to Cornwall [1] she woud be obliged to Mr Walker if he woud let her know what money has been paid on her account since she left home the end of April she also wishes to know if any parcels came from London since that time Mr Watt offers his Compts to Mr Walker & hopes to see him soon at Harpers Hill.
Friday 4 oClock
Harpers Hill
[Noted by Walker on the address-label, in red ink:] Bill Accot: for Mr Bn
[1] Ann Watt accompanied her husband to Cornwall at the end of April 1778; this letter appears to have been written soon after Watt’s return in the early part of January the following year. |