Letter 19: 8 October 1805
Letter 19: 8 October 1805
- Physical form: One half sheet, folded into 2 leaves (11.5 x 18.2 cm; fol 2r is blank, 2v is cover)
- Cover: Miss Rickards / Church Street / Hampstead / Middlesex
- PM: 7 o’Clock / OC 8 / 180[5] N.T.
- WM: [partial, shows only date] 1804
- SM: Misc MS 4360
Oct 8th
My dear Miss Rickards,
I beg pardon for not having yet answered
your note. My idea at first was that you would take it for granted, hearing
nothing from us, that Friday was convenient, but on second thoughts I dare not
trust to your so interpreting my silence, & therefore trouble you with
another note to say we shall be happy to see you all
on that day, & you for as long a time as you can
give me. I have written to Mrs Ward, [1] I do not know whether
she comes————How do you like the following
Epig
[fol 1v] Epigram made by Dr Harrington, [2] on the lady who was tried at Bath for stealing lace, & was afterwards detected in putting flower-roots into her pocket at a Gardeners,
Adieu till we meet Yours
ALB
Notes
[1] "Mrs. Ward": See Note 2 to Letter 18. BACK
[2] Dr. Henry Harrington (1727–1816), physician and musician, known for his catches and glees (ODNB). The "lady" tried for stealing lace was perhaps the woman named for stealing in the Bath Chronicle for 5 August 1802. BACK
[3] Erasmus Darwin, poet and agriculturalist. His most famous poem was The Botanic Garden (1789–91), narrated by the goddess Botany. BACK