Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 edition. Excerpt: ...with great Pleasure, when I think of our long continu'd Friendship, which had not the least Interruption 1 From the original in the possession of T. Hewson Bradford, M.D.--Ed. 1779 TO MRS. MARGARET STEVENSON 221 in the Course of Twenty Years (some of the happiest of my Life), that I spent under your Roof and in your Company. If I do not write to you as often as I us'd to do, when I hap-pen'd to be absent from you, it is owing partly to the present Difficulty of sure Communication, and partly to an Apprehension of some possible Inconvenience, that my Correspondence might occasion you. Be assured, my dear Friend, that my Regard, Esteem, and Affection for you, are not in the least impair'd or diminish'd; and that, if Circumstances would permit, nothing would afford me so much Satisfaction, as to be with you in the same House, and to experience again your faithful, tender Care, and Attention to my Interests, Health, and Comfortable Living, which so long and steadily attach'd me to you, and which I shall ever remember with Gratitude. I thought I had mention'd to you before, (and I believe I did, tho' my Letter may have miscarried, ) that I had received the white Cloth Suit, the Sword, and the Saddle for Temple, all in good Order. I mention them now again, because Polly tells me you had not heard of their Arrival. And I repeat my Thanks for your Care in sending them. I wore the Clothes a good deal last Summer. There is one thing more, that I wish to have, if you should meet with an Opportunity of sending it. I mean the Copper Pot, lin'd with Silver, to roast Fowls in by means of a Heater.1 I should also be glad of the Piece of Elephant's Tooth. It is old Ivory, perhaps of the time before the Flood, and would be a Rarity to some Friends here. But..
