Letter – Edward Blackett to William Millington – 30 Jun 1710

Document Type: Letter
Date: 30 Jun 1710
Correspondent: Edward Blackett
Recipient: William Millington
Archive Source: NRO ZBL 189
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June ult

Honest Capt

      I Rec[eive]d your Letter of the 23 this morning with great satisfaction, Am glad that your selfe & good Mrs Millington gott safe to Dunham, & that my Ld Warrington is so Extreamly Civil to you pray give my most humble service to his Lordship, & tell him how much I think my selfe oblig’d to him for his kind Letter Give my service to Sr Samuell Daniel, & acq[uain]t him that I wish him much Joy of his Daughter, and I heartily wish the next may be a son & to his great Comfort, my Wife has a great miss of Mrs Millington, & I have no less for want of your Company, I hope in 8 or 10 days my son Nedd will be down who will keep me company as you know honest Jack us’d to do constantly by me, All this Family give their kind Remembrances to you both, and believe me Ever

      Dr Capt your Real & Faithfull friend to serve you



Give my service to Mr Langham Bootle when you see him



For Capt Millington att Dunham in Cheshire

<Free> Will Robinson
Captain Millington can fairly confidently be identified as the William Millington who wrote to Hugh Massey from Newby on 9th March, so all future correspondence to the ‘Honest Captain’ is assumed to have been to him

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