Revised Jun 6 2021

No. 29. Miss N. Heywood to Mr. P. Heywood

Isle of Man — 12th. July — 1792.

Jul 9, 1792 'Tis a most unfortunate Circumstance my dearest best beloved Brother, that a Letter I wrote you on the 9th inclosed in one to our amiable & kind Friend Mrs. Bertie is still in this Place, the Packet having been detained ever since by a most provoking contrary Wind: — I understand she is to sail this Evening & if so you will receive this & the other Letter together but 'tis better you shou'd hear from us too often (if it were possible) than wait one Moment in Suspense. — I fear Mrs. Bertie if she does not consider that we live in an Island will think us very remiss in not having answered her delightful Letter, for which we can never sufficiently thank the Goodness that dictated it. – If any thing shou'd happen that it is requisite we shou'd know, of whatever kind, write not only by Whitehaven, but also send Duplicates of your Letters by Way of Liverpool directed thus —— for it happens very unlucky just at this Time that the Packet is going to be repaired at Whitehaven; so that Heaven knows when we may receive the Letters which I am certain are at this Moment laying in the Post Office there both from Mr. Heywood & my Uncle Pasley besides those we have every reason to hope from our beloved Peter — indeed we are excessively uneasy lest your Trial shou'd come on & we remain in Ignorance besides I fully expect in my next from Mr. Heywood, his permission (for which I most anxiously hope) to go to Portsmouth, not only that I may be near you, (for in no other Place can I be tolerably happy,) but also to avoid those Jul 9, 1792
Jul 9, 1792 painful Uncertainties to which we are here continually liable from the Delays of the Packet. — I refer you my Love to my Letter of the 9th. for any thing I may omit now as I have but little Time, the Vessel being just ready to sail; my Mama sends an Order to the Post Mistress at Whitehaven to deliver our Letters to Mr. Wood (if the Mail does not come) who will transmit them to us by the very first Vessel. — With all these precautions I hope we shall receive some Accounts at least, but it is one more reason added to those I mentioned to you & Mrs. Bertie in my Letters of the 9th. why I shou'd wish to be with you. — I have only now to add, that whatever is necessary to be done for you my Mama requests our generous Friends will do without waiting to consult her, as too much Tine may elapse before an Answer can be obtained to our Letters. — Heaven grant I may be soon at Portsmouth — if not to see my dear Peter, yet even to see the Hector — which wou'd be Satisfaction inexpressible! to know that I am not far from him & that I may hear of his Welfare from those who have seen & conversed with him. — My Mama Brothers & Sisters desire me to say every thing for them that the tenderest Affection can dictate — that you must write soon to Mama & take the utmost Care of your precious Health for all our Sakes. — To Mrs. Bertie present our best Compt's. & Acknowledgments, I hope she will soon receive my Letters to herself & my dear Boy — I call you still a Boy my Peter because you were one when we parted, but I forget that you must now be almost at your full Growth – however from Me those Distinctions are of little Consequence.

Farewell my best Love — may all good Angels guard thee — may that beneficent Being who has hitherto preserved my Brother watch o'er him still! & be assured I shall feel no Joy, no Happiness till I again clasp him to the faithful Bosom of

his ever fondly affectionate Sister

    Nessy Heywood