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• March 1847 (Creation)

Royal Philatelic Society London

253 N 254 your paper of Series A&E, than we have done Dimply that inclination to fulfil thesaid Contract. to effect. In awful Calamity by fire has dething we have no mine tenths of Rush Michl, where, was being made, & which consumed 90 teams of the Naper, together with the paper Goulds, wit leaving a sheet, which was in the Mill, behind justforth, would feuerally be a subject of some commiserie it but in this case it is made matter for reprod (which justice to ourselves forces we consider totally undeserved us tostate wor Our Character, Fir, is of some Consequence tous bif the accusations you have were bemme were well founded, we should be numer thy to be employed by any Government, butive are confident that if you will calmly examine yourletter again you will convince yourself that you have wrgused us in dendang it. Youx State in your letter, that all the paper ought to have been made & delivered: from this statement are totally diffent Prue beleive we understand the subges ofpaper -making as well as most people.. Son again state- that this misfortune causing the boring of 40 Reams of paper would not have prevented our delivering ere now, the 11000 bonds offerie B notüiform you The 12,500 BC & the 4500 of D if we had wild to fulfil our Contract of the 1th January with the know not how to deal has The real facts are, that whamad only notbroken any promise with you but that when this infortunate fire occurred we were fulfilling our contract to the very letter 88 Gould have completed everything within the several periods specified had it not occured. Pansay it is Brauge, thatwedid not inform you of the fire the day it occurred as, the Mill is at Northampton bbmiles from London, we did not know it ourselves therefore Could not inform you, by the moment the Mill, & the anxiety Rexposure occasioned by the Heps necessary Exput your moulds Ppaper, Ba hundred othert hundred other thing, in a Plate Preparation brought on an illus under which he is still fering, he took the only course his though was extial to, fordernich the BC&D plates toty this latter Hatement, as it is so perfectly erroneneurs arrived, our M. Bacon went dower lothe in the 1% place, there was not paper enoughm to have precited these bonds as well as joinzen with Peries A&E's even if we had otherwise to The ability to have done them, butuve never aga to deliver them, even had no accident happens for some time to come nor was it in the power Aman tohave done it, is it therefore faut realation from the presses, so as torecave aft to complain fus for not doing that which wech paper paper we had on hand for Serie ATF by this not have done tunger gugated to do? means it will just about last so as to help series at work until some new paper ше could In the next paragraph, you are unjustly assail us, for not having prepared mic arrives. 255. 256 Netcomment his health permite of sight work now it would and in the unmore An als The he intended to have made Bentyon -Curate calculation of the effect, this misforte would have upon the delivery of the BCBS) Bonds, Fit is rather hard, that he should be Condemned, not only for the calamity for but for a visitation of Providuce also Panamake a proposal in your Letter to pay $30 Herling in adiction tothe Contracts provided we will complate theddus of the 312 Books by the 15the Japril auft, you mich tht as well have bain £30000 at £30. because as you ach aperfect impossibilite no hum of money whatever could enableus toaccomplish it. You seem to think that was alange quantity of work is to be done, toour the Mary expenditure Auzoney, attepaper would beall used up, the plates Standing Stillbesen thefresh supply paper arrived. The Moulds being burnt in your service, would be fair Megal Subject of charge, altho' we intended to replac them at our own expense, but your letter of yesterday implies that we shall get Credit for nothly. Repelling that you should fail us as you have done, without itright toaddress. any good grounds labouring as we do under a double misfortune, which no forelhaughn Jours could have averted on 1st Borrazorr outhe Zrday March there is noftreat differen between completing it on the 15th day of apr #the 5th June auft the one being B13 days, The other 94 days, now apprehension N The difference is enormous as only 300 perdas Can be printed, you will suit to be so too if you will make the Calculation. Had sufficient turn Napsed Aghave received the new passer weig have informed you, whethere we could shorte the periode named for Série A &F's in our love but we have no hope of getting any inger & when the first paper is received you know whether any thing much Can be done beyond what is Hipulate forth the Contracts – Hmemere to attempt until Satu wewill Sir, porer toter Jessere Hobe Beef Wreet Shmarch 1847. Your favor de yesterday's date is athand festes your we have read our letter of the 30th of Declast twistill remain of the opinion that your letter of the Dat bust was totally uncalled for, by any thich whine we have or have, not douly. the take this opportunity to request you will favors with the last triplicate a precment drawn up some ting bagt, at your request, as we transmitted the whole three to you, but nover had either copy signed by you returned

• English

Summary: The sender addresses accusations regarding failure to fulfill a paper contract due to a fire at the mill. They explain the circumstances of the fire, the impact on production, and defend their character and efforts to meet contract terms despite the calamity.

Date: March 1847

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