received the following letters from Mr. Jordan together—
H. B. M. Legation, Seoul, 29th June, 1898, GestirMes,——At the request of Mrs daly, I beg t- notify you that her husband, Henry Hencraf Joly, Her Britannic Majesty Vice-Consul at Chemulp", died rd instant. ife was, 8 you are aware, in-Life'Assurance Company of Canada, of which you are the Agents, fora sum of £2,500 for which you issued to him Interim Policy No. 13, now in my possession, Tenclose a certified' copy of the Rey ion of the death from the Register of Dear! in this Lezation and I am desired by Mrs. Toly to request you to be good enough to take st-ps for the payment of the claim. Mrs. Joly is the executor named in the will of the deceased, und us such is in a position to give you a valid receipt for the amount. 7 Tam, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, (Signed). J. N. Jonpas, Messrs, Innrnr & Ca.
Agents etc., ete.
H. B. MI. Legation, Seoul, 4th July, 1898, Gestueuey,—I have been requested by Mrs. Joly, the executor of the late Mr. Henry Beneraft Joly, to acknowledge the receipt yesterday of youc letter of the 25th June, together with policies, numbers 71787/9, which accompanied it, As to the alleged incorrectness, to which sou allude, of the statement made by Mr. Joly respecting the cause why he was declined Insurance Company on a previous occasion, Mrs. Joly authorises me to ssy that she has absolutely no reason to think that the statement was not made in perfect good faith and considered by Mr. Joly to. be strictly correct to the best of his knowledge, information and belief, and in the absence of it any proof to the contrary, she must base her claim upon this view of the matter.
Tam therefore desired to confirm what I wrote to you in my letter of the 29th June, and to repeat on behalf of Mrs. Joly the request that you will he good eno wh to take Hate husband the sum of £2,500 wader the steps for paying to her as Executor of her terms of the Interim Policy' issued by you and which she considers to be a contract subsisting between yourselves and her as Executor of her late husband and not the policies hereby acknowledged to have been Lam, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, (Signed) J. N. Jonvas. Messrs. Inpeer & Ca.
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