[{"id": 135149, "created": "2019-10-24T15:15:59.057640", "project_id": 455, "task_id": 83686, "user_id": 580, "user_ip": null, "finish_time": "2019-10-24T15:45:51.735557", "timeout": null, "calibration": null, "external_uid": null, "media_url": null, "info": {"comments": "", "letterBody": "intend to have presented him with Half a Guinea but as I cannot be so liberal at present as I should like to be, I will in preference beg of my friend Thomas to give Half a Guinea to poor Herrington's family (I mean the Madman) without mentioning my name to them and I will return it to him when he comes to town - I could not send this letter before today because I have been collecting information concerning Mr Weller; Mr Sharpe is not inclined to take a pupil, but I have seen Mr Parker an old acquaintance of mine & a friend of Mr Stothard's who does not seem unwilling to enter into a negociation with Mr Weller on the subject, I have seen different prints after Stothards drawings by him, beautifully engraved in Strokes, Stothard says if he intended to make either of his sons an engraver he would put him under Mr Parker \"if I had a Son I should be glad to do so too, for he is one of those steady, persevering Men, who is constantly advancing in the best pursuits of his Art, he is besides, religious, mild & consciencious ; he said concerning Mr Weller's relation that he could not take him for 5 Years to do his duty by him for less than 200 Guineas & that concerning his employment & time, he shall be carefully instructed in the principles of his profession whilst his Master will look much more to his diligence in his Studies than to the exact observation of [...] \r\nIf Mr Weller is inclined to open any correspondence with Mr Parker, he lives at Spring Place Kentish Town London", "letterDate": "", "registrationMark": ""}}, {"id": 135253, "created": "2019-11-21T22:17:48.253953", "project_id": 455, "task_id": 83686, "user_id": 677, "user_ip": null, "finish_time": "2019-11-21T22:42:19.173198", "timeout": null, "calibration": null, "external_uid": null, "media_url": null, "info": {"comments": "", "letterBody": "intend to have presented him with staff a Guinea but as I cannot be so liberal at present as I should like to be, I will in preference beg of & my friend Thomas to give half a Guinea to poor Herrington's family ([...] the madman) without mentioning my name to them and I will return it to him when he comes to town - I could [...] this letter before today because I have been collecting information concerning Mr Weller; Mr Sharpe is not inclined to take a pupil, but I have seen Mr Parker an old acquaintance of mine & a friend of Mr Hothard's who does not seem unwilling to enter into a [...] with Mr Weller on the subject, I have seen different prints after Hothards drawings by him, beautifully engraved in strokes, [...] says if he intended to make either of his sons so [...] he would put him under Mr Parker, \"if I had a son I [...] be glad to do so too, for he is one of those steady, [...] men, who is constantly advancing in the best pursuits of his art, he is besides, religious, mild & conscientious; he said concerning Mr Weller's relation that he could not take him for 5 years to do his duty by him for [...] than 200 Guineas & that concerning his employment & time, he shall be carefully instructed in the principles of his profession whilst his master will look much more to his [...] in his studies than [...] the exact observation of [...] if Mr Weller is inclined to open any correspondence with Mr Parker, he lives at Spring Place, Kentish Town, London   ", "letterDate": "", "registrationMark": ""}}, {"id": 138837, "created": "2020-05-11T15:25:50.511827", "project_id": 455, "task_id": 83686, "user_id": 2029, "user_ip": null, "finish_time": "2020-05-11T15:38:31.590788", "timeout": null, "calibration": null, "external_uid": null, "media_url": null, "info": {"comments": "A few words were not legible and have been marked with '...'", "letterBody": "intend to have presented him with half a guinea, but as I cannot be so liberal at present as I should like to be, I will in preference beg of my friend Thomas to give half a guinea to poor Harrington's family (...) without mentioning my name to them send ... return it to him when he comes to town. - I could ... their letter before today because I have been collecting information concerning ....; Mr Sharpe is not inclined to take a pupil, but I have seen Mr Parker an old acquaintance of mine of a friend of Mr ... who does not seem ... to enter into a negotiation with Mr Weller on the subject.  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There 200 guineas of that concerning his employment of..., he shall be carefully instructed in the principles of his ... whilst his master will look much more to his ... in his studies the. to the exact observation of ... if Mr Weller is inclined to open any correspondence with Mr Parker, he lives at Spring Place, Kentish Town, London", "letterDate": "NA", "registrationMark": "NA"}}, {"id": 138840, "created": "2020-05-11T15:30:50.874226", "project_id": 455, "task_id": 83686, "user_id": 2057, "user_ip": null, "finish_time": "2020-05-11T16:01:23.669986", "timeout": null, "calibration": null, "external_uid": null, "media_url": null, "info": {"comments": "Not a full letter, possibly a second page. No registration mark or date.\r\n\r\nMost difficult words to transcribe are located at the center crease in the paper due to some pixelation ", "letterBody": "intend to have presented him with Half a Guinea but as I cannot be so liberal at present as I should like to be, I will in preference beg of my friend Thomas to give Half a Guinea to poor Herrington's family (I mean the Madman) without mentioning my name to them and I will return it to him when he comes to town -- I could not send this letter before today because I have been collecting information concerning Mr. Weller. Mr. Sharpe is not inclined to take a pupil, but I have seen Mr. Parker an old acquaintance of mine & a friend of Mr. Stothard's who does not seem unwilling to enter into a negotiation with Mr. Weller on the subject. I have seen different prints after Stothard drawings by him, beautifully engraved in Strokes. Stothard says if he intended to make either of his sons an engraver he would put him under Mr. Parker, \"if I had a son I should be glad to do so too, for he is one of those steady, ??? men, who is constantly advancing in the best pursuits of his art, he is besides, religious, mild of conscientious, he said concerning Mr. Willer's relation that he could not take him for 5 years to do his duty by him for less than 2000 Guineas & that concerning his employment & time, he shall be carefully instructed in the principles of ??? whilst his master will look much more to his ??? in his studies than to the exact observation of ???. If Mr. Weller is inclined to open any correspondence with Mr. Parker, he lives at Spring Place Kentish Town London", "letterDate": "", "registrationMark": ""}}, {"id": 138842, "created": "2020-05-11T15:32:43.149733", "project_id": 455, "task_id": 83686, "user_id": 2019, "user_ip": null, "finish_time": "2020-05-11T16:29:19.831607", "timeout": null, "calibration": null, "external_uid": null, "media_url": null, "info": {"comments": "The question marks are where I cannot read the word,partly due to the slightly blurred photograph.", "letterBody": "intend to have presented him with half a Guinea but as I cannot be so liberal at present as I should like to be,I will in preference beg of my friend Thomas to give Half a Guinea to poor Herrington's family(? the Madman)without mentioning my name to them and I will return it to him when he comes to town-I could not write this letter before today because I have been collecting information concerning Mr Weller;Mr Sharpe is not inclined to take a pupil,but I have seen Mr Parker an old acquaintance of mine of a friend of Mr Stolhards who does not seem unwilling to enter into a negotiation with Mr Weller on the subject,I have seen different prints after Stolhards drawings by him,beautifully engraved in strokes,Stolhard says if he intended to make either of his sons ? ? he would put him under Mr Parker,if I had a son I should be glad to do so too,for he is one of those steady ? men who is constantly advancing in best pursuit of his art,he is besides,religious,mild of conscientiousness he ? concerning Mr Wellers' relation that he could not take him for 5 years to do his duty by him for more than 200 Guineas of that concerning his employment of time,he shall be carefully instructed in the principles of his profession whilst his master will look much more to his ? in his studies than to the exact observation of ? If Mr Weller is inclined to open any correspondence with Mr Parker,he lives at Spring Place,Kentish Town,London", "letterDate": "not present", "registrationMark": "none present"}}, {"id": 138844, "created": "2020-05-11T17:15:06.622334", "project_id": 455, "task_id": 83686, "user_id": 2056, "user_ip": null, "finish_time": "2020-05-11T17:16:52.920034", "timeout": null, "calibration": null, "external_uid": null, "media_url": null, "info": {"comments": "I found it a little bit difficult to transcribe some of the words on the right as some were out of focus, but I hope my transcription will be helpful.", "letterBody": "intend to have presented him with Half a Guinea but as I cannot be so liberal at present as I should like to be, I will in preference beg of cmy (sic) friend Thomas to give Half a Guinea to poor Herrington\u2019s family (I mean the madman) without mentioning my name to them and I will return it to him when he comes to town \u2013 I could not send this letter before today because I have been collecting information concerning Mr Weller; Mr Sharpe is not inclined to take a pupil but I have seen Mr Parker an old acquaintance of mine & a friend of Mr Hothard\u2019s who does not seem unwilling to enter into a negociation (sic) with Mr Weller on the subject, I have seen different prints after Hothard, drawings by him, beautifully engraved in Strokes, Hothard says \u201cif he intended to make either of his sons an engraver he would put him under Mr Parker\u201d, if I had a son I should be glad to do so too, for he is one of those steady, persisting men, who is constantly advancing in the best pursuit of his art, he is besides, religious, mild and conscientious; he said concerning Mr Wellers\u2019 relation that he could not take him for 5 years to do his duty by him for less than 200 guineas & that concerning his employment & time, he shall be carefully instructed in the principles of his profession whilst his master will look much more to his diligence in his studies than to the exact observation of hours If Mr Weller is inclined to open any correspondence with Mr Parker, he lived at Spring Place Kentish Town London", "letterDate": "Date not on page", "registrationMark": "Registration mark not on page"}}]