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Mrs. Marriott laments that she will not see Chase again but promises to keep in touch with him and his cause through their friends.
Date
7-12-1824
Keywords
Lord Kenyon, Devonshire, Broadclyst, Miss Macfarlane
Recommended Citation
Marriott, Mrs. G. W., "Letter to Philander Chase" (1824). Philander Chase Letters. 347.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/chase_letters/347
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July 12th, 1824
Rt. Revd. & very dear Sir,
As I can send this under cover to our good & dear friend Lord Kenyon, I must indulge myself by writing a few lines tho’ I have nothing to say worth your hearing. I cannot help lamenting that I should have entered Devonshire the day you left it, & next week too, if it please God, I hope to be at Broadclyst where your visit has given the greatest satisfaction to my dear brother John & all his nice family & I have no doubt you would enjoy their Society also — My acquaintance with Robert & John did not begin with my married life, but with my earliest infancy — For the first 20 years of my life they were among my best & kindest friends, & since that have been such good affectionate brothers that I wish all I love & [?] should know & love them & I therefore am very glad you could came to Broadclyst, tho’ I fear you met with no very zealous co-operations out of the parish. I shall think much of the loss we shall all sustain on the 10th, but I feel so sure you are doing right in returning now to your people, & I can so fully enter into the happiness you will enjoy in a happy reunion with your family, which I trust will be granted to you, that I am well contended to lose you, & hope ever to possess a thankful recollection of the privilege which has been granted to me, my beloved George, & our children in seeing so much of one whom we shall, I am sure, never cease to love and venerate. Tho’ alas! On this side the grave we must not hope to meet again. I am very desirous of hearing, I shall beg L. R. to tell me, whether you received all your packages safe. It was not for want of care & exertion on the part of Miss Macfarlane if you did not. And I am my dear good Bishop,
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