'Thomas Pennant to Richard Bull 29 January [1785]' transcribed by Ffion Mair Jones; edited by Ffion Mair Jones; encoded by Vivien Williams. (2019) in Curious Travellers Digital Editions [editions.curioustravellers.ac.uk/doc/1050]
Dear Sir
With great Grief I say our parcel from moses came to
Town the 22d. &
is stolen from the coach office.1 I shall sue the owners a poor recompence but want to see you to consult about method. shd I advertise.
1.
Cf. another example of a loss of property documented by the reference to a suit against the Chester coach to which Pennant refers in 1086, dated 19 May 1789.
2.
The year [17]86 was probably added at a later date by Richard Bull. Pennant's reference to a delay in his intended arrival in London in 1053, 4 March 1786, suggests that his London visit did not take place as early as January during 1786. The year 1785 is suggested instead as a possible date in view of the evidence of Pennant's movements provided by the Pennant-Bull correspondence as a whole.