| Description | Soho, December 24, 1807.
Sir,
The application made to you for repayment of the money advanced to save from perishing an unfortunate female was not intended as a legal claim upon you, but merely an appeal to your feelings as a man, in behalf of a woman you had injured. You must not expect that any representation of your own sufferings, be what they may, can exite the least commiseration in a neighbourhood where you have been known to betray so flagrant a violation of the feelings of nature and the common sentiments of justice and humanity.
Respecting the application to me for your cloathes, if you persist in refusing to contribute to the mitigation of distress you have yourself been the author of, I shall not feel myself called upon to officiate as your agent on that occasion, and must beg of you that, in that case, to appoint some other person to act for you in whatever you may require to have done at this place. Yours, &c.
Samuel Hemming
[Edited transcript.] |