BROWN, John (filed under H as it is written to W. HOLMES Esq, MP)
857
190 Strand
London
11th October 1819
Sir,
The Anxious state of Suspense in which Mr STUBBS and myself are placed by the unexpected Contents of the letter we lately received from the Colonial Office will, I hope, be deemed a sufficient Apology for again intruding upon your Attention. It is now generally known among those Persons we had engaged that we have had an unfavourable Communication from Government and as after the Interview we had the Honor to have with you we thought ourselves fully justified in assuring them we were accepted, several of them now refuse to have any further connexion with us, saying that they have been deceived by us, while those who are stilling willing to abide by their Agreement are calling upon us almost hourly to know if we relieve them from their present uncertainty and to remove the despondency they are sinking into, we are under the necessity of telling them we expect a favourable answer every Moment.
Mr STUBBS whose life has for some years been a continuous scene of laborious Drudgery and severe Privation had so arduously set his Mind upon our Speculation that his Family are in fearful Apprehension of the Effect such a Disappointment may have upon him. To relate however every Trouble which threatens to involve us by a frustration of our intended Scheme would be an unwarrantable trespass upon your valuable Time and humbly hope unnecessary to induce you to Honor us by the exertion of your Influence in procuring a Confirmation of those Hopes your former Condescension first created in the Mind of, Sir
Your much Obliged and most Obedient Humble Servant
John BROWN