Eecords of tlie Old Charlton Hunt 



Suppose Succeeds, So recommend Old Tom * to Succeed 

 John Shaw, which is not recommending a bad Servant I 

 assure you, But as he has always behaved well, desire his 

 preferment. & in it you will oblige ISIy Lord 



Your Graces 



Most Faithfull & 

 Obedient Servant 



DeLawarr. 



From Lord Delawarr, at Bolderwood, to the Duke of Richmond. 



Probably about 1736, 



When I assure your Grace, that I heartily wish you 

 were well enough to make me happy with your Company att 

 Bolderwood, I flatter my self that you do not doubt but 

 that my wishes are Sincere. 1 realy think we could shew 

 you some sport. We had eight hours rain on Monday 

 night, so Yesterday morning I sally 'd forth with 21 couple 

 of Hounds, we found a Brace of Foxes, and parted, Your 

 humble Servant, My Groom, and Kit, went with the biggest 

 Parcell, Jack Ware and Jo, with the others, who running 

 up the Wind of us did not hear our Parcell, We ran him 

 Very handsomely, an hour and a quarter, and then hard for 

 half an hour more, he had just time to gett into a Coney 

 borough the Hounds were so near him that a Couple got 

 into the Earth, and kill'd him, we dug out Fox and Hounds 

 in A quarter of an Hour and flimg him to the Pack, for 



* Tom Johnson. 

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