Letter from Edward Fitzgerald, Lowestoft, to Ablett Pasifull, 1870 August 5 : autograph manuscript signed.

Writing that he is pleased to hear that Pasifull's wife is feeling better, and sending kind regards from (Tom) Newson and Jack (Newson), to whom he read Pasifull's letter; informing him that Posh" (i.e. his close friend Joseph Fletcher) has left "in his lugger for the North sea" and adding "I got up to see him off, and feel a great loss now he is gone, though he would have no more to do with me as a partner [a reference to their partnership as joint owners of a herring boat]." and reflecting that "I think he has now drawn so much care on himself with his two luggers that he had almost better have kept me on. ... But he is born to be Master, and not man, and so he chooses to take the evil along with the good."; responding to his recipient's inquiry concerning the availability of Jack's brother William to join him (as a crew member) aboard his yacht, and urging him to consider Jack himself for the position, as he "will have done with me in October"; remarking on "this damnable war, which makes my heart sick."