With my harty prayers for yoʳ health and wellfare, I am
Yoʳ most afecᵗ grandfather,
Rᵈ. H.
[a] This must be a son of Sir Richard’s daughter, who married a Mr. Lydell.
[] Children of another of Sir Richard’s daughters, who married John Clarke, of Blake Hall, in Bobbingworth, co. Essex.
[c] No doubt Dr. John Radcliffe.
Captain Nicholas Haddock to his Wife.
Grafton at sea, about 10 leagues from Cape Passaro, Aug. the 4ᵗʰ, 1718.
My dʳ Fanny,