Revised Jun 6 2021
No. 36. Mr. P: Heywood to Miss N. Heywood.
My dearest Nessy.
Jul 9, 1792
Jul 12, 1792
I wrote a Letter to you Yesterday
& this Morning received from Mrs. Bertie yours of the 9th. & 12th.
& from whom,
as the Edgar is the next Ship to this,
I receive daily such Marks of Kindness as overwhelm me with Obligations, & I fear I shall never be able
to shew myself altogether worthy of them! —
I feel myself highly indebted to Dr. Scott, Mr. Southcote,
& all my other Friends for their benevolent solicitude about me
particularly my Cousin Nessy to whom & Margaret give my best Love
— my dear Uncle Pasley has been indefatigable:
My God! how shall I ever be able to prove myself worthy such a Multiplicity of Kindnesses. I can at present
but insipidly return Thanks for them, yet my Heart overflows with the most dutiful Gratitude! —
Nothing my beloved Nessy cou'd give me more Pain
than your Arrival here notwithstanding my Wishes to embrace you — 'tis for your dear Sake only,
as the Disappointment wou'd occasion you an Anxiety, greater than at Present you can have the least Idea of —
for you have not yet experienced the severe Pain of such a restriction — to me alas! it is quite familiar!
my Love, Duty & kind remembrances to my dear Mother, Brother's, & Sisters &c from your's my
dearest Sister ever
with the fondest Affection