Autograph letter signed to Robert Triphook, 23 Old Bond Street.

Three pages plus address page, 8vo, some damage and small holes marginally affecting text (including loss of part of name of writer). "Your son addressed me in very unbecoming language this evening respectiie my Debt to you on which subject I can declare most solemnly my entire beleif [sic] up to the present moment that Mr Ranken my Solicitor had paid you in February last[.] I am particularly sorry to find it is not the case & I have not seen him since that time. He will obtain some money for me the end of next month and I hope will give you the amount of your Debt the first. Nothing can be more remote from my intention than to act in an[y] way unhandsomely towards you [Lady?] Perce[val]". Note on address page in another hand (poss. Triphook's? -copy taken for comparison)(top of page) "C. Ranken Esq 4 Holborn Ct[?] Grays Inn" and foot of page "3 Seymour Place". Comparison with a letter from Lord Percival to Dulau confirms identity. He and his wife also wrote to De la Rue and Clarke (see de la Rue, Dulau - a poor payer!).