Letter 21: 6 June 1806
Letter 21: 6 June 1806
- Physical form: One half sheet folded into 2 leaves (12.7 x 20.3 cm); fol. 2r blank; 2v is cover
- Cover: Miss Rickards / Church Row / Hampstead / Middlesex
- PM: 7 o’Clock JU 6 180[6] N.T
- WM: Part of a crest
- SM: Misc MS 4362
My dear Miss Rickards,
I am much obliged to Mrs Rickards & yourself for your kind invitation, but it will not
be in our power to accept of it—As to Miss Estlin, [1] she will be
returned to Bristol by the time you mention. & we shall ourselves be just on
the eve of a journey, as Mr Barbauld has to preach the
annual Sermon of the South Unitarians at Lewes this year, & I shall
accompany him if the weather is favourable, & take a little tour. [2] We must therefore defer to some future time
the pleasure of visiting Hampstead again—Indeed I must come & pick
up my goods & chattels before we get into our new house, [3] & therefore you will be so good as to remember that we
shall claim our chairs, probably in two or three
month’s time. I
am
[fol 1v] am glad to hear so good an account of worthy Mrs Plumptre. [4] Remember us to Miss Baillies & all our friends—If you see Mr Lewis [5] tell him how sorry we were to be abroad when he called—I have not just now time to write more, nor indeed any thing particular to say but that which I hope you need not be told that I am Your’s & Mrs Rickards
affte & faithful
AL Barbauld
Miss Estlin desires her Compts & thanks for your invitation
Friday noon
Notes
[1] "Miss Estlin": See Note 1 to Letter 20. BACK
[2] RB preached the sermon at the annual meeting of the Southern Unitarian Book Society, at Lewes in Sussex, on 25 June; afterwards the Barbaulds visited the Isle of Wight (ALBVE, 436). BACK
[3] "our new house": After renting in Stoke Newington the Barbaulds bought a house in Church Road. They took occupancy in September. BACK