Letter from Samuel Drew, St. Austle, to Davies Giddy, 1807 April 16 : autograph manuscript signed.

Concerning his manuscript "...on the works of Mr. [James] Harris; saying " I little thought when I scribbled out my thoughts on the words of Mr. Harris, that you would have taken the pains to carry the papers to London, and am surprised that you should have thought them worthy of being shewn to the noblemen you mention, and more particularly so that they should think them worthy of their notice. But the dictates of nature are perhaps the same in Men of every station in life, and they direct us to feel an interest in every trifle that concerns the reputation of our progenitors. You were perfectly at liberty to present the remarks I made to any person, so that your conduct required no apology;" saying he would very much like to see him in London but adding "In our future conversation I shall however beg you not to enter on those sciences of which I am ignorant. Of mathematics I know nothing; of natural Philosophy but little; of astronomy my knowledge will hardly reach to the nearest star; in language I am confined to the English. I sometimes travel in the field of ethics; sometimes ramble in space; and sometimes wander in eternity; but metaphysics is that which has chiefly engrossed my attention;" saying that he hopes his most recent work, 'An Essay on the Identity and general Resurrection of the human Body considered in relation to philosophy', will be published later that year; adding "It was in the hands of Archdeacon Moore when he was seized with that illness which terminated in his death, so that I am forever deprived of his observations. I intend to publish it by subscription;" concluding that the manuscript is in London and will likely remain there until it is printed.