Autograph Letter Signed to unnamed male correspondent.

Merchant and banker (1773-1848). 2 pages, 8vo. Creased, grubby and discoloured. 'The proclamation has been made this morning and the Poll [presumably a parliamentary election, as Baring sat in the Commons from 1806] will open on Thursday next. I request therefore that our counsel may be here at latest Wednesday evening. The officers appear very & have sent for an decidedly in the interest of Mr Seymour. We may expect therefore a hard struggle & every of attempt against us.' In a postscript he asks his correspondent to 'fix the fee'. 'My competitors pay 100 and 150 but I am willing to go as far as 200 if you think it right. But pray regulate this that there may be no misunderstanding. We will pay here as in Londonn as your learned friend pleases.'