Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    W1/6586
  • Title
    Samuel Whitbread II, London, to Elizabeth Grey. Marked no 3.
  • Date free text
    29 November 1787
  • Production date
    From: 1787 To: 1787
  • Scope and Content
    My dearest dearest Bess Altho' I wrote to You both Yesterday & the day before I will not apologize for troubling You a third time. but really I can not help sitting down to say three Words before I leave London which I find I must do to day & carry Mary to Bedwell, notwithstanding my disappointment in receiving no letter from You. but your expedition to Ellingham accounts for the delay, I will wait patiently till Saturday to hear how you do. I had not time Yesterday to say all I might have said, & probably it was as well that I had not, for my Father's behaviour had put me more out of humour than it ought to have done, as I know that essentially he is doing what I most wish should be done. I know that he has begun to make the settlements & that every thing of that sort is carrying on. I know also that his intentions are what we wish they should be. In my anxiety I have questioned the whole Family with regard to his conduct, Ld. St. John & all, & they all assure me that I am an egregrious Fool, if I make myself at all uneasy, for that I shall certainly find amends made for all these tracasseries by his generosity, & conduct in the conclusion of the business & after We are married. - I dined at Sr. Harry's [Sir Henry Grey], & after dinner took an Opportunity of thanking him for his ready concurrence, & good opinion of me, he answered me in a very flattering manner. I mentioned the procrastination & the reason of it, he said that Mr Whitbread knew best his own affairs, & that if I wished it, He wished there had been no delay; I answered I most heartily did wish there had been none. but that I should go to Fallodon in Jany. - & there my dear Bess, I will be, if I am alive, & You will admit me. which I do not much doubt. I accompanied my Schwager [brother-in-aw] Tom to the play, & saw there the two Miss Grimstones Mrs Warde's Sisters. they wished me Joy, which I told them was rather anticipated, but I hoped was coming, tolerably fast. they desired me to call their Carriage if i was not better engaged; I said I could call their Carriage with pleasure, for that the Person they alluded to was more than 300 Miles off, I wished she was there. Well said the Eldest, I think Mr W. You have done vastly well, & I told You this time last Year when hunting in Oxfordshire that You were then about to chuse for yourself, there were symptons. If you had heard this it would surely have been a gratification to You, & a confirmation if You need any of my Veracity, & that I then loved You. that I now do, You cannot doubt. I do love You, I do adore You. Pray write to me as often as You can, Pray do. Your ring is set & I think neater than before. Mary has ordered Your Muff, & says Bwother no such furs are to be bought. Tanto meglio say I. J'ai choisi l'unique, qu elle post les uniques. - I send you the remaining hair next letter, which willnot be long coming. Love me. Tell me so. Avow me. Mary's Emma's, Mrs Hayton best, best love to. Mary is in high feather I assure You. - I shall return to London on Monday. God bless You my dear dear dearest dearest Bess. the seal. Adieu. I am Your's as You are mine. I give myself for You, & doat upon the exchange. Your sincere & affectionate S. Whitbread All Comts. to the whole Family. My best remembrances.
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