My dear Sir,
I have perused Your Agreement with Mr Beard <1> & consider that the several provisions therein will afford You every protection You can require. Tho’ the Terms do not in my opinion amount to a Partnership still I recommend that the declaratory Clause at the end shall remain part of the Agreement for it clearly removes any question on the point.
Believe me
Yours truly
W. R. King
Serjeants Inn Fleet St
12 Apl 1842
Notes:
1. Richard Beard (1801–1885), coal merchant & daguerreotypist, London.