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Ref NoMS 3782/16/1/10
TitleLetter. Matthew Boulton [London] to Miss Ann Robinson (Lichfield).
LevelItem
Date8 March 1760
DescriptionI have intended all this day writeing to my lovely Creature but behold it now strikes Eleven o Clock & I therefore have not time yet as I hope it will be some satisfaction to my dear I will send a Line to let her know I am extreamly well & beg for Gods sake she will let me know how our dear Mamma is, as well as thy Sweet Self. I find much more Business to do than I expected as I have been obliged to get a petition to parliment signd by all the Merchants in London so that it will at least be 9 days before I can leave Town dureing wch. time I beg to hear from thee for amidst all the Splendor, the Gayitys, & the many agreeablenesses this Great City affords thou art upermost & Constant in my [1] nor is it in the power of all things to rival or lessen thee in my affections
ye post Bell rings good night
remember me most tenderly to thy dear Mamma as well as Brother & am
Thy constant & unalterable Lover
M Boulton
Saterday night

[Address-label:] To / Miss Nancy Robinson / in Lichfield / Staffordshire / a Single Sheet.

[1] The word 'mind' appears to have been omitted in error.
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LanguageEnglish
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