James Winchester Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Lord and Lady WentwoodShall be At Home in Chelsea for Afternoon Tea At 2pm on Monday the 3rd And do kindly request The company of their friends. RSVP Invitations were sent to: George Hardwick, Earl of Chichester Louis and Lisa Basildon, Earl and Countess Basildon, and Mistress Nicolette Vauquelin Lieutenant Ambrose Turnbull Richard Wellsley, 3rd Viscount Baintree, and Mistress Davina Wellsley Major Charles Whitehurst, Earl of Langdon James chewed his moustache. Strictly speaking he didn't know Viscount Baintree, and only knew Davina through the Queen's household. Then again, he didn't know Lord Gowran either, but Diana was there as Noni's friend. He'd dithered over Lord Langdon - he certainly wasn't a particular fan of the man - but included him for the same reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Winchester Posted July 24, 2017 Author Share Posted July 24, 2017 OOC: Dates adjusted to accomodate my absence and return. If your character is of a proper persuasion and would like to attend, pleease PM me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Winchester Posted July 24, 2017 Author Share Posted July 24, 2017 Back at home on the afternoon of the 31st in time to get ready for the ball that evening, James mulled over his meeting with the Real Estate agent, Master Farlow, and the unusual opportunity the man had put before him. A stretch of river frontage, which could potentially be developed as a dock. Except that James didn't know the first thing about shipping. It wasn't that far from the docks of the East India Company, but somehow he didn't think they'd want to talk to potential competition. But wait; wasn't there a member of the court involved in such things? That Doolittle fellow had a shipping company, and his daughter had married a Lord Melville, if James recalled aright. Well, what was the aristocracy for if not to help one another? And the man was a neighbour after all, part of that little Chelsea community. Feeling rather daring for inviting a man with whom he had no real connection, but hoped to forge one, James penned an invitation for Duncan Melville. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan Melville Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 A short note written on pure white cotton rag paper, with purple-black oak gall ink, in a masculine script without adornments. It was delivered on the late afternoon of the 31st, sealed with Duncan's signet, to Winchester House in Chelsea by a footman liveried in the scarlet and white of the Melville family. Lord Wentwood, I will be honoured to attend. Regretfully, my wife is in Lothian and will not be abe to join me. Please find attached a small token of respect from a neighbour, in the spirit of the season. Your humble and obedient servant, Melville The reply was delivered along a copy of William Harvey’s Exercitatio anatomica de motu cordis, published in 1628. Interesting... here I was trying to find a way to get to meet this particular neighbor, and he writes to me first! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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