Records of the Old Charlton Hunt 



Lewes is what I hope will not happen to me again. Lord 

 Falmouth has spoke to Lord Carteret and I believe to the 

 Duke of Newcastle for my friend Jack Boscawen to succeed 

 Captain Strickland, who two or three days ago gave up the 

 Comission he had in the horse Grenadiers. As by the turn 

 of affairs my friend may now reasonably expect some pre- 

 ferrment I should look upon it as the greatest of favours, if 

 you would speak a word to ISIr. Pellham to concurr with 

 them in their recommendations in case they should under- 

 take to serve him. I am My Lord with the Greatest truth 



Your much obliged humble Servant 



Harcourt. 



Mr. Solomon Dayrolles, Euston, to the Duke of Richmond, 



Goodwood, 



Oct. 6, 1744. 



My Lord 



According to Your Grace's directions, I wou'd have 

 taken the liberty to trouble you before this time with a 

 letter, had any thing occurr'd worth intruding upon a few 

 minutes of your leisure. There was ne'er a good Fox 

 Chace that I cou'd give you an account of, and it wou'd 

 have neither moved your pity nor given you any Entertain- 

 ment, had I inform'd Your Grace of the exquisite and 

 unaccountable pains I suffer 'd in one of my Feet, when I 

 lay at Chesterford in my way to Euston, and told you the 

 discourse I had with a Physician that happen 'd then to be 

 in the House, who declared to me, (tho' he did not say it to 



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