Letter to G.W. Marriott

Authors

Dr. Charles Burney

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Description

Dr. Burney apologizes for his delay in answering Marriott's letter as he has been very busy.

Date

7-1-1824

Transcript

My dear sir,

I am really quite ashamed of [?] timing long since acknowledged your very kind letter, & its enclosures. My [?] have been [?]; my holidays are just about to begin, & my whole life -- from morning to night -- for the last fortnight, has been one long uninterrupted procession of bother and distraction. Pray pardon, then, my apparently rude and often [?] silence.

I am not thankless however: & truly as I have been, I have yet found time to read the letter, & to read it with attention, & [?], and satisfaction. It cannot but do good, & as it seems to me, it only does justice.

The two copies for Mr. H. I am told have been duly delivered. I am just off to [?] for a day or two, I shall think often and most agreeably of our last meeting there.

Adieu, adieu. Ever very truly yours,

Charles Burney

Recommended Citation

Burney, Dr. Charles, "Letter to G.W. Marriott" (1824). Philander Chase Letters. 260.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/chase_letters/260