15 Apr 1794: Edward James Eliot to Mrs. Stapleton

My Dear Mrs Stapleton,

Having been very much engaged all day in preparing for (I flatter myself) a very speedy departure from Town [London], I have only time to tell you every body here are very well; and that there is no news, unless the execution of [Georges Jacques] Danton and his confederates may be call'd so, which I apprehend has actually taken place. Their trial you see in the papers. I might also to add that the stocks have risen to day very considerably, but one does not exactly know why.

I By My Love etc as usual and am
My Dear Madam
Your affec[tionate] H[umble] Serv[an]t
Ed J Eliot

House of Commons Tuesday

No business (I mean debate) today.

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To Mrs Stapleton
Countess Dowager Chatham's
Burton Pynsent
Somerton

Ed J Eliot

London April ye Fifteenth 1794

*Original letter is part of the Eliot collection at the Cornwall Record Office.
Catalog reference: EL/B/4/3/8