BIB_ID
429149
Accession number
MA 23239.6
Creator
Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833.
Display Date
Marden Park, England, 1823 January 17.
Credit line
Gift of John F. Fleming, 1985.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 18.6 x 11.2 cm
Notes
Written from "Marden Park," located near Woldingham, Surrey.
Previously accessioned as MA 4586, part of a collection of letters to members of the Teignmouth family.
Previously accessioned as MA 4586, part of a collection of letters to members of the Teignmouth family.
Provenance
Gift of John F. Fleming, 1985.
Summary
Thanking Lord Teignmouth for his kind inquiries and responding that he is well, "tho' not so strong [sharp?] as our friend Mr Grand. Indeed few young men are; much less can I expect to be so, who am past my grand Climacteric;" adding that their friend should not play such pranks; mentioning that the money for the Vaudois may be paid at the banks Coutts or Drummonds; saying that he would be happy to share letters he has received on this subject with Teignmouth; writing that his wife Barbara has been suffering from ill health and that he is anxious about her; referring to the consolations of his faith; mentioning his poor eyesight and sending his affectionate remembrances to Lady Teignmouth and their family.
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