Letter 18: 3 October 1805
Letter 18: 3 October 1805 [1]
- Physical form: One leaf, 18.2 x 22.7 cm; text on recto only
- Cover: None
- PM: none
- WM: 1804 [no manufacturer’s name]
- SM: Misc MS 4359
My dear Miss Rickards,
The Summer is gone the Autumn is wearing fast away, will you not come & see me while going abroad is yet pleasant? If agreeable to Mrs Rickards & yourself & Miss Harrop we shall be happy to see you all on Tuesday next Oct the 8th. It will be full moon if you return, but I have a bed at Mrs Rickards service, & hope she will not confine her visit to one day & at any rate I hope you will not. Let me know in your answer if Mr & Mrs Ward [2] are at home The maid waits for the letter so Adieu
Yours affly
AL Barbauld
S. Newington
Oct 3d