Original letters that passed between Mess. Brand and Ford, surgeons, on account of Mr. Ford's conduct relative to Mr. Patterson, and afterwards to one Sheldrake, a truss-maker, who was convicted ... of being the author of a ... libel against Mr. Brand / [Thomas Brand].

Brand, Thomas (Surgeon)

Date:: 1784

Credit: Original letters that passed between Mess. Brand and Ford, surgeons, on account of Mr. Ford's conduct relative to Mr. Patterson, and afterwards to one Sheldrake, a truss-maker, who was convicted ... of being the author of a ... libel against Mr. Brand / [Thomas Brand]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$\_Mr. Ford in consequence fent the following ;] To Mr. HODGES. MR. Ford’s compliments to Mr. Hodges, and takes the liberty of repeating what he faid yef- terday, that his friends will be at Jack’s Coffee- houfe this evening at eight. cTuefday, Feb, ii, 17^3• ON Tuefday evening the parties met : Three on the part of Mr. Ford, Meff. Howard, Vaux, and Adair Hawkins; on the part of Mr. Brand, Meff. Hodges and O’Bryen. 'Without entering into a tedious detail of a ae~ fultory converfation, let it fuflice to fay, that Mr. Ford’s friends prefented the affidavit which had been procured from .Patterfon. The woids of this affidavit cannot be recolle&ed, as Mr. Ford s friends took it away with them without leaving a copy of it ; but its quality may be afeertained by two cireumftances.—Firfl, Mr. Brand de¬ nied its truth, and declared to his friends that he had two gentlemen to prove its falfehood, one of whom he brought to the Coffee-houfe in an hour’s time ;—and the fecond, That Mr. Ford’s friends haivng$