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Yes to be sure - the old Lady could have a Bond-and-Judgment
which would secure her against every other demand
claim except there be any other Bond-and Judgment
enter'd up as the phrase is, that is register'd in a certain
manner, previously to hers. But this will cost some money —
I will endeavour to learn what. She could have a Judgment
I have a notion on the note without the epense of a bond
which costs 5s or 6s. But a Bond may on some accounts
be more desirable. This I will enquire into. But in
this case there would be no getting possession of the goods without
what is called an Execution: which would make an
eclat & could not be managed without the intervention of the Sheerriff's
Officers &c. I have a notion they could be secur'd better
by a thing called a Bill of Sale, which would give her possession
of the immediately — All this I will enquire about.
I wish I could see the Marriage Settlement and the
Will - I might then be able perhaps to form some judgment
as to the validity of that part of the letter that is
to her prejudice.
Yes — Lind is "inspecting a translation of his answer
"into french" - I thought I had told you of it before— De
L'Olme is doing it. The man who wrote a book Sur la
Constitution de L'Angleterre which has great merit and is
well esteemed.
Certainly the Empress presents the fairest prospect- Only in
Poland there is the certainty of an introduction, & that an
advantageous one.
Wednesday Jan. 22. 1777. Linc. Inn.
How do you like your Seal? It seems, I think to do mighty
well. But it takes an extravagant deal of Wax.
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