| Description | Dear Sir
I am Extremely Sorry that I have so unluckily been from home whenever you have had the kindness to Call upon me, & particularly that you have been so long in Town without my knowledge, and consequently withot. my having any opportunity of Seeing you-Probably matters of a higher Nature might have rendered you incapable of remembering every trifle, so that I cannot wonder that you shou'd forget to Call upon me, or to acquaint me in what part of the Town you reside, tho' you may assure yourself, that wherever it is, I shou'd not think a Journey to see Mr. Boulton so troublesome as he seems to Apprehend I shou'd, but on the Contrary wait upon with pleasure, equal to the regard I have always had for him, which is Still very sincere, and will be so till he Convinces me that he thinks it totally unworthy of Cultivating-From the Description of the Ladys that Came with you, I with pleasure Conclude that One of them is Mrs. Boulton, who I am very ardently Desirous to Congratulate on her Nuptials with One that is so well deserving of her; Her Choice sufficiently Evinces her prudence, and nothing will be more pleasing to me, than to hear that the reciprocal affection that subsists between you, may be permanent & productive of the truest uninterrupted Conjugal happiness-I have perused the Book you left, which very evidently proves the validity of the subject it treats upon, as well as the insolent injustice of those that (thro' lucrative motives) Endeavor to Oppose it-I intended only to have wrote a line or two, but my pen has transgressed agt. Rules of a Billet Doux, you must therefore look upon this as a Letter-I am with Great Esteem
Dr. Sr.
your sincere friend & hble servt.
Thos Hurst
Tuesday Night
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