| Description | (Dated Tuesday noon.)
Dear Friend,
This day's post brings me a letter from Mr. Mackenzie of Edinburgh. To save my own pen I send you an impressed copy of it from a letter I write to my son this day.
I don't doubt Mr. Barker's going to Scotland has occasioned Mr. Hog and his committee to make a movement.
When I receive Mr. Hog's answer and have drawn my reply to it I will then earnestly desire a meeting of my creditors, as then I hope the whole may be clearly brought before them for their consideration.
I am ever gratefully and affectionately yours,
Samuel Garbett
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Copy letter. Samuel Garbett (Birmingham) to Francis Garbett (-). 7 Feb. 1797.
(Includes transcript of letters from Thomas Nettleshipp to Samuel Garbett, 4 Feb., and from Colin Mackenzie to Samuel Garbett, 4 Feb.)
I rejoyce to see by my dear son's letter of Saturday that he is so much recovered, but I do not wish him to come to this place untill he finds his health established.
I wrote to you on Sunday with copy of Mr. Nettleshipp's letter to me of Saturday, as it was not the usual day an accident might delay its coming to your hand, and therefore I send another copy with this. I think the chancellor's order very rational.
God bless you all. I am ever, your father,
S. Garbett
(Copy.) Mr. Nettleshipp to S. Garbett, February 4th, 1797.
"Dear Sir,
"I returned late from Westminster Hall to day and I have since been so much engaged that I have only time to inform you that our petition came on this day, and after long debate the chancellor ordered that the petitioner should be at liberty to call a meeting of the commissioners at his own expence and lay before them such evidence as he should think proper in support of his debt, and that each party should present statements of their respective cases to the commissioners, and that the commissioners should report thereon to the court.
"This order will in its effect prevent the proof of the debt till a more full disclosure of all the transactions is procured; and after such disclosure the case will remain for further argument.
"Having employed Mr. Gurney, the short hand writer, to take notes, we shall be able to inform you in a few days correctly of all that has passed.
"Mr. Nicholls desires his best respects to you. I am most respectfully,
(signed) Thos. Nettleshipp."
Since writing the other side I have a letter from Mr. Mackenzie, as under:
(Copy.) Colin Mackenzie to S. Garbett, Edinburgh, February 4th, 1797.
"Dear Sir,
"I lose no time in informing you that last night I got notice from Mr. Hog's agent of his intention to lodge this day answers to your bill of suspension and interdict, and to move the Lord Ordinary to appoint the papers to be printed so a judgement might be given on them this session.
"The session ends on the 11th March.
"I send them to day an answer remonstrating on the impropriety of insisting on your preparing a reply in two or three weeks, when he has found it necessary to employ above eleven months in preparing an answer. I shall duly attend to your interest and advise you.
"Mean time, you had better, with your convenience, prepare your remarks on my paper so as I may be enabled to lay it before counsel in due time.
"I remain, dear sir, your most faithful and very obedient servant,
(signed) Colin Mackenzie."
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