[WRIGHT v WARD, 1738]. [The most likely case is Broughton Wright and Ann Wright,...

[WRIGHT v WARD, 1738].

[The most likely case is Broughton Wright and Ann Wright, the younger (son and daughter of Broughton Wright, merchant of London, deceased) against John Ward, esq, but perhaps a later suit.]

Broughton Wright the elder conducted business for, among others, Richard Elletson of Jamaica: many letters relate to the daughters of Richard and Susannah Elletson, who were looked after by Broughton Wright and Ann Wright his wife, the parents, in London.

• C108/280/1: 35 letters to Mr Broughton Wright from:- Bridget Ogilvie (his sister), Joseph Henchman, R Cunningham, Edward Thomson, Richard Elletson [or Elleston], Susanna Elletson and Mrs Harris her sister, Ann Cooke, Captain Beale, Elizabeth Carter, John Sheeles, Thomas Pitchell and Thomas Lloyd: 1721-–1732.
• C108/280/2: 60 letters to Mrs Ann Wright from:- Susanna Elletson, Mary Taylor, Captain Penhollow, Mrs Harris, James Croft, Ann Cooke, Elizabeth Carter, Broughton Wright, Elizabeth Blake, Ann Ward, F Scurry, Mary Elletson, E Kneebone, Mary Thorp, E Hayne, Polly [sic], A Gee, M Mason and M Clark: 1726-1736.
• C108/280/3: 14 letters (including drafts) to Mrs Susanna Elletson from:- Charlotta Tichborne, Elizabeth Hayne, Ann Wright, and Anna Petronella Elletson, Mary Elletson, her daughters: 1729-1732.
• C108/280/4: 3 letters to Mrs C Harris from Ann Wright, 1729-1732.
• C108/280/5: 4 letters to Mr Richard Elletson from the Wrights. 1731-1736.
• C108/280/6: 6 letters to Miss Mary and Miss Anna Petronella Elletson from their parents and Ann Wright, 1729-1733.
• C108/280/7: 3 letters to Mrs Ann Cooke from Ann Wright, 1732-1733.
• C108/280/8: 18 letters to other recipients:-
  • 1. Mrs Clarke from J Beale, undated.
  • 2. Mrs Payne from [?], 29 August 1729.
  • 3-4. Mrs Wright from Joseph Henchman, 15 Nov1723.
  • 5. Mrs Wright from Broughton Wright, 1724.
  • 6. Mrs Wright from Bridget Ogilvie, 12 June 1726.
  • 7. Mrs Wright from Susanna Elletson, 20 May 1728.
  • 8. James Banks from Broughton Wright (draft), 20 Jan 1724.
  • 9. Mr Russel from [?], 24 Feb 1728.
  • 10. Robert Barnovolt from John Shorman, 14 March 1731.
  • 11. Miss Sally from Anna Petronella Elletson, undated.
  • 12. Jane Beale from [?] (copy), 30 Jan 1732.
  • 13-14. Mrs Bateman from Mary Elletson, undated
  • 15. Mrs Bateman from Anna Petronella Elletson, undated
  • 16. Captain Beale from [?], 25 July 1733.
  • 17. [Captain Beale] from [?], 4 July 1732.
  • 18. Thomas Lloyd from [?], 13 Dec 1733.
• C108/280/9: 8 letters to unknown recipients: 1. from Susanna Elletson. 2. from Captain Beale 5. from Mary Wright. 7. from A Chaplin, 5 July 1746. 8. from Thomas Thorp, 4 Oct 1745.
• C108/280/10: miscellaneous papers, including eyebrow tips, recipes for making wines, handwriting practise, patent for sunflower oil.
• C108/280/11: loose accounts, bills, and notes 1703-1733, including:- bills for the Misses Elletson's’ education, board and clothing; ship accounts of Captain John Comby and invoice of sundries aboard the ship Clarendon; doctor's bill.
• C108/280/12: account book of the ship Greyhound, 1705, detailing the invoices of two merchant voyages, London and New York, with nuts, cloves, cinnamon, white cotton, etc. Mentions Broughton Wright, William Gordon, James Gordon, Robert Wilson, John McKarlney, Captain Edmund Ellis.
• C108/280/13: account book for the Wright household, including a copy of a letter from Ann Wright to Susanna Elletson, 12 Dec 1734, in which she informs Mrs Elletson that as no money has appeared for the care of the Miss Elletsons, she cannot spend any more on them.
• C108/280/14: account book of Broughton Wright, 29 Sept 1725-21 Jan 1726.
• C108/280/15: account book of Broughton Wright, 26 May-23 June 1726.
• C108/280/16: account book of Broughton Wright, Sept 1725-12 Nov 1726.
• C108/280/17: account book of Broughton Wright, 2 April-23 June 1726.
• C108/280/18: account book for the ship Antelope, 29 Sept 1717-14 Oct 1718. Thomas Rideout master, Broughton Wright owner, london to Barbados and Philadelphia. Includes a list of indentured servants bound for Philadelphia and an account of their sale.
• C108/280/19: journal of the ship Greenwich, Captain Barnes , 24 Feb-10 May 1722, with Remarkable Occurences from Cape Comezine [?] to Bona Esperance [Good Hope] to Great Britain. Includes sketch of the mainland coast.
• C108/280/20: account book for the ship Dolphin, Captain Paine, 11 Oct 1708-21 March 1709.
• C108/280/21: journal and letter-book of Broughton Wright, 4 Jan 1727-12 Aug 1731. Includes 70 copies of his out-letters, with some copies of in-letters. Gives details of his financial difficulties; Richard Elleston’s business transactions and property in Lincoln; the education, health and clothing of the Elletson daughters; the disappointment of his own son’s business transaction; the state of the sugar and rum market in London.
• C108/280/22: account book used for 2 purposes:
  • accounts of the ship America, July 1697-June 1700, bound from London to Batavia and back. Mentions Broughton Wright.
  • letter book of Ann Wright, 13 April 1729-22 Oct 1732. Includes copies of 43 letter sent from Ann Wright to Susanna Elletson (23), Richard Elletson (1), Mrs Harris (16), and Mrs Cooke (3). The letters cover orders placed with Ann Wright; news of the Misses Elletsons education and health; fashions in England; tradespeople's prices; rumours that the Wright’s are not treating the Misses Elletson properly; financial disputes between the Wrights and the Elletsons; fruit and sweetmeats etc.

A collection of small domestic objects, probably belonging to Mrs Ann Wright, were removed for safe-keeping as follows:

• Wooden lemon squeezer, now SC 16/59;
• Beadwork, possibly weight for lace cover, now SC 16/60;
• Bodkin, with turned bone knob-shaped handle, and protective sheath, now SC 16/61;
• Small metal bottle with pierced top and cap, possibly used for smelling salts, now SC 16/62.

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