, or
Higgins?
If I had put in
James Johnson
you would not have demurred, & why object to Hannibal Higgins? particularly after his
respectable Endorsements
. As to Business, I make no pretensions to a Knowledge of any thing but a Greek Grammer or a Racing Calendar; but if the
Quintessence
of information on that head consists in unnecessary & unpleasant delays, explanations, rebuffs, retorts, repartees, & recriminations, the House of H. & B. stands pre-eminent in the profession, as from the Bottom of his Soul testifies
Yours, etc., etc.,