Letter from John Belson to General Jacob de Budé enclosing a signed promissory note for his debt [0812], but reporting that it is unlikely he would be able to pay it in under a year, on account of difficulties with an expected legacy.

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Sir I have this moment yours have enclosed you the note again [[underline]] signd [[/underline]] as it is made to [[underline]] order [[underline]] I am entirely in the [[underline]] power [[/underline]] of any one [[underline]] you endorse it over To [[/underline]] and a prison must be my fate in case you pay it [[unclear]] till I can pay it, on [[underline]] demand [[/underline]]. But I trust, knowing how I am situated, you will not part with it. I have no sure prospect but this 1000 [[addition]] £ [[/addition]] legacy. and that a [[underline]] distant one [[underline]] as it has turned out to my destruction. But what blame can be imputed to me? However, if you pay it away I shall endure the consequences without a