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Bp. Chase recounts meeting with various clergy members in Bristol and tells of his plans to travel to Birmingham.
Date
7-1-1824
City
Bristol, England
Keywords
Thomas Acland, Mr. Harford, Dr. Randolph, Dr. Johnson, Bristol
Recommended Citation
Chase, Philander, "Letter to Lord Kenyon" (1824). Philander Chase Letters. 417.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/chase_letters/417
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Bristol July 1 1824
My very Dear Lord:
I am incredibly thankful for your punctuality in corresponding with me: & tho’ I have but a moment now & then to write a word; yet that shall be at your Lordship’s service always coming from as warm a heart as ever devoted itself to you.
I know it will give you pleasure when I relate the good things which betide me here. Sir Thomas Acland, the Dean of Bristol, Mr. Har[ford] the Banker, Dr. Randolph, Dr. Johnson and nearly all the clergy of Bristol have called to see me and pledged their kind services in my favour.
What pleases me not a little is the expectation of meeting the soon B[rother] of Mr. David, at Mr. Harford’s dinner in a few hours from this.
It is to him I owe many of the smiles which beamed on me in Bristol.
Tomorrow I go with Sir [?] to Mr. H. Mores home in Devonshire; and it is agreed that in going to Birmingham travel by night to Bristol and be at a meeting for Ohio of all the good people say at 10 or 12 o’clock. The same evening I am to get off for Birmingham, and breakfast I hope with your good friend Dr. Gardner.
Pray tell he expect this? Will he inquire for me as I get out the coach? by sending a note or otherwise?
I think I told your Lordship in my last how they got on at Colchester.
The affection of the Daughters of Mr. Ward for Ohio is beyond anything I ever saw in all my life. They presented me with a good letter and a pocket book which I will show when we meet as an [?] of their uncommon friendship.
I am very happy in your Lordship’s desire to continue Mr. Wiggin’s acquaintance. I love that man exceedingly and want beyond more things that he should enjoy the love of one whom I also love & one whom I shall always enjoy, my Noble friend Lord Kenyon.
So far as I can order all things shall be just as stated in your last.
P.S. I must see your daughters and by God to bless them,
Phi. Chase