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'' | <p>I am sorry to have occasion to inform you that your Friend<lb/>Mr Alexander Shairpe of Broadstock Buildings <del>is de</del> died <lb/>about a month or five weeks ago & still more so that <lb/>he died by his own hands, having put an end to his <lb/>own Existence one morning just before He & his<lb/>wife were about going into his Carriage to take an<lb/>airing. He had been in a melancholy way for a <lb/>considerable time before even last January when he<lb/>went to Buxton <sic>w<hi rend="superscript">ch</hi></sic> he was advised to do for the <lb/>sake of the Bath there sited. I don't think he had <lb/>been well since the death of Mr Shairp the late Consul<lb/>at Petersburgh who I take it was his Brother for one <lb/>day, when I called upon him soon after that Event<lb/>when I observed he <del>wa</del> seemed very much affected, <lb/>& greatly disappointed & chagrined that Cha<hi rend="superscript">s</hi> Mr<lb/> Shairpe's Son did not succeed his father in the <lb/>appointment of Consul, & perhaps the more as he <lb/>might have formed some expectation of success <sic>thro'</sic> <lb/><del>He</del> <add> his own </add> <gap/> & that of his friend Mr. <gap/> in the <lb/><gap/> Company here in which the appointment <lb/>lay, but who through the <gap/> <gap/><lb/>of Mr Thorne <gap/> & lay their Sons all <gap/> <gap/> <lb/>& which carried it in favour of M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Cayley their <lb/>own Partner at Petersburgh The three sons are all <lb/>Members of Parliament, which adds to their weight in<lb/>point of interest — I don't think M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> A Shairpe ever got<lb/>the better in his spirits of that disappointment.</p> | ||
<p>I am desired by a particular friend of mine of <lb/>the Secretary of State's Office who has just sent a note with <lb/>my letter to beg you will <add> get some</add> information <del>of a </del> ab<hi rend="superscript">t</hi> a C<hi rend="superscript">oll</hi> <lb/>Delafontaine, a Swiss, formerly in the French Service who<lb/>went to Petersburg <del> in the <gap/> French Service</del> sometime since<lb/>with the Duchess of Kingston & is supposed to have entered<lb/> into the Russian Service in the present War He is about 70</p> | |||
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I am sorry to have occasion to inform you that your Friend
Mr Alexander Shairpe of Broadstock Buildings is de died
about a month or five weeks ago & still more so that
he died by his own hands, having put an end to his
own Existence one morning just before He & his
wife were about going into his Carriage to take an
airing. He had been in a melancholy way for a
considerable time before even last January when he
went to Buxton wch he was advised to do for the
sake of the Bath there sited. I don't think he had
been well since the death of Mr Shairp the late Consul
at Petersburgh who I take it was his Brother for one
day, when I called upon him soon after that Event
when I observed he wa seemed very much affected,
& greatly disappointed & chagrined that Chas Mr
Shairpe's Son did not succeed his father in the
appointment of Consul, & perhaps the more as he
might have formed some expectation of success thro'
He his own & that of his friend Mr. in the
Company here in which the appointment
lay, but who through the
of Mr Thorne & lay their Sons all
& which carried it in favour of Mr Cayley their
own Partner at Petersburgh The three sons are all
Members of Parliament, which adds to their weight in
point of interest — I don't think Mr A Shairpe ever got
the better in his spirits of that disappointment.
I am desired by a particular friend of mine of
the Secretary of State's Office who has just sent a note with
my letter to beg you will get some information of a abt a Coll
Delafontaine, a Swiss, formerly in the French Service who
went to Petersburg in the French Service sometime since
with the Duchess of Kingston & is supposed to have entered
into the Russian Service in the present War He is about 70
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Reginald Pole Carew |
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