FLORIAN - The Most Traveled Man on Earth

In case you receive from Messrs. Farrer Crowford and Falkner those bickering letters,
you remember that you have two principal points to sustain [make]. <strong>The</strong> first is after the
letters from Carson, it is evident to all men of honor that I never had possession or
disposition of the Money of the Colony. Second, that if the Captain of the Colony has the
infamy to take advantage of what I signed, to get out of the embarrassment, it would
simply result that I would be forced to abandon all that I possess, and they have never
given me one sou.
You can say in conversation, as of no importance, with these gentlemen, you know that
instead of having the Captain of the Colony at my disposal, I was obliged to borrow from
Messrs. Villegille Carson & Co. [And] that at the time of their failure I was obliged to
pay to their assignees about 450 pounds, and was forced to sell my home and furniture.
[And] that this left nothing in the world to support my wife and four daughters except
what you and I earn. That you are actually reduced to be a teacher in the house where
you were formerly the mistress. That for me, I am gone to look after a situation that has
been offered to me.
Take great care to keep all my books of accounts and the correspondence in a secure
manner, that nothing of my affairs with my brothers-in-law, either on your side or mine,
may ever be known.
I think you may reply to these gentlemen, if they demand the originals of those letters,
something like this:
“Madame Florian presents her compliments to Messrs. and has the honor to import that
Mr. Florian is not now at Laytonstone, but he has requested me to send the originals of
those letters to Messrs. Crawford, Falkner & Farrer, therefore they are not in his hands.
Madame Florian would be pleased, at the same time, to have some words of conversation
with some of these gentlemen relative to this affair.”
Adieu, my Gogo. <strong>The</strong> time approaches. Let this idea console you – many, many tender
kisses for you and my children. Speak always of me to those [girls?] as if I was in
London.
Compliments Etc.
J Florian Jolly
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