...pay his son a visit at Richmond shortly, when he bargains for very moderate terms of accommodation. " I was in hopes to have had the pleasure of seeing you at Richmond either this day or to-morrow, but have been unavoidably hindered by some private business...

...what remained were taken for the use of the Continental Army, and have never yet received any payment. I was in hopes to have had the pleasure of seeing you here, and am sorry we should be deprived of Brown then serving in Canada. The deposition is in writing,...

...for the Comfort of Our Prisoners Captured at Fort Montgomery. New Windsor 7th Nov'r 1777. Dear Colo., I was in Hopes to have had the Pleasure of seeing you at Fishkill where I arrived about an Hour after you had left it. I propose sending a Flagg to New York...

...your most Obedient humble Servant Elizabeth Fergusson" Elizabeth Fergusson to Robert Loller.11 Graeme park Octobr 27. 1779. Sir As I depend upon your Friendship,...as if the latter term had been made use of, under theis Idea I humbly aprehend that some little adress may be expected from me to the new House, refering...

...opened till clear of the Channel[)], a Commission appointing you Captain of His Majesty's Ship the Camel I was in hopes to have had the Pleasure of seeing you on board to have delivered it to you in Person, but as I find that cannot be done without retarding...

...Advertiser, October 31, 1848, p. 4. From [JOHN R. MATHEWES] [Charleston?, early Nov. 1848?] My Dear Sir, I was in hopes to have had the pleasure of seeing you this fall on the South Side of the Togoloo [sic] but here I am & no such agreeable event has happened....

...what remained were taken for the use of the Continental Army, and have never yet received any payment. I was in hopes to have had the pleasure of seeing you here, and am sorry we should be deprived of Brown then serving in Canada. The deposition is in writing,...