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Title	Letter to The Revd. Mr. [Thomas] Haweis
Post Date	August 8, 1778
Author	Huntingdon, Selina Hastings, Countess of, 1707-1791.
Recipient	Haweis, Thomas, 1734-1820
Date	1778-08-08
Physical Description	4 pgs total; 2 pgs text; 1 pg address; 1 pg blank
Dimensions	24 x 37 cm.
Address To	Aldwinkle, Thrapston, Northamptonshire
Country To	England
Address From	Clifton Hill [Bristol]
Country From	England
Transcriber	Wanda Smith
Plain Text Transcription	Letter 99 [Handwritten] Aug 8, 1778 [Address panel:] To The Revd Mr Haw[e]is at Aldwinkle Thrapston Northamptonshire [Letter bears a Bristol postmark and a bishop mark dated August 10.] My ever faithfull & dear friends Fatigue & hurry on the late occasion of dear Lady Frances Shirley's funeral [Lady Huntingdon’s aunt?] at Bath join'd with the heat & a low fever long having followed has brought down my strenth in my journey. Physical friends agree the sea air has the best chance & on Tuesday (if the Lord permit) I set out for Tenmouth [?Teignmouth] in Devonshire. The quiet & the cool air they expect much from. I am not careless. [carefull?] My point is long settled & in the Lord's hands to chuse life with labour for him or eternity to rest in with him. It is a dreadfull dead place & if any ray of light be carried there by such a poor creature's means of sickness or pain I will praise him for it forever. Your letter Phillips brought me yesterday from the College--full of thanks my heart is for it & I have already taken care about Sheppard according to your wishes. What must my kind friends think of me not to have had the letter. I mentioned I am a poor blundering creature but [p. 2] so much obliged in gratitude must have been most deservedly stampt upon me so kind & so pun[c]tual you both are that I could not be easy till I wrote again. I mean to take your letter to Tenmouth[Teignmouth) & my first relieved hours you shall have an answer with all I think & see in that place that speaks hope for the gospel. A thousand blessings & ten thousand rest upon you both is the warm wish & prayer of my dear friends faithfull & affectionate S: Huntingdon Clifton Hill Saturday, Augt 8 1778 [address panel has a postscript: should a relapse prevent my seting out you shall hear] I was hurried here for air till I could go further. Give me your prayers. I do praise the Lord to think a perfect state of health will attend your care of Bath. Never did I know such a spirit of love & ________ as is rising. To me I have found it in all the people.
Notes	Letter bears a Bristol postmark as well as a bishop mark dated August 10.
Catalog Link	http://libcat.smu.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=197196
Unique Identifier	Huntingdon 08081778
Digital Resources Type	Image
Digitization Date	Digitized: 2011
Digital Publisher	Bridwell Library, Special Collections; Perkins School of Theology; Southern Methodist University
Rights	Permission to publish materials must be obtained from the Head of Special Collections of the Bridwell Library.
Decade	1770-1779
Location (Box, Folder)	Box 1, File 37