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Title	Letter to The Revd. Mr. [Thomas] Haweis at the Countess of Huntingdon
Post Date	September 13, 1790
Author	Huntingdon, Selina Hastings, Countess of, 1707-1791.
Recipient	Haweis, Thomas, 1734-1820
Date	1790-09-13
Physical Description	4 pgs total; 2 pgs text
Dimensions	24 x 38 cm.
Address To	Brighthelmstone, Sussex
Country To	England
Address From	London
Country From	England
Transcriber	Wanda Smith
Plain Text Transcription	Letter 128 [Sept 13, 1790?] [Address panel:] To The Revd Mr Haweis at the Countess of Huntingdon At Brighthelmstone Sussex [Postmarked from London, September 13, 1790] My dearest Friends A sorrowfull sense of pain made me yield in spight of those warmest of my desires to have answered your letter the next hour. Your last visits have left such strong impressions of your faithfull friendship to me that will only, I believe, cease with my poor unworthy life here below. The stones and its terrible conpanions, with extreme hunger and thirst, by an almost total incapacity of a single drop without such pain & anxiety, that all my complaints was the secret tears of bitterness shed while looking with an humble "Why not remove so worthless a creature dear Lord." But reflection brought the necessity of patience having its perfect work. Under this Bradford & others most infamous conduct has & is doing all to grieve my spirit & after seven years eating the most friendly bread I even yielded to the most affectionate son. Yet all is well, all is very well & I now beg of you, my dear friend, to send the young man you mention to Bath as one of the happy there under your auspicious eye for which the Lord reward you millions of heavenly & earthly blessings. Be assured my dear friend you oblige me by addressing any of your compositions to very insignificant me. Inclosed I send you a welcome [p. 2] letter from a man whose father laboured for years to destroy the ease & peace of my life on the gospel account & carried the day. O! how bitter and remembrance & at last died in great sufferings & I bless God a sore awakened conscience at last. How must I be surprised at the voice[?] in this letter. I purpose to encourage him to make some offers that will please his early anxiety. Return the letter but keep minutes of it for me. The views of the missions of the Indian Nations are to my vile body life from the dead. The minister quite after my own heart sails in three weeks at least. If any advice should arise to so diligent & capable of mind from you in this vast, vast undertaking, give it for the Lord's sake. All is well settled at O[u]ndle, Lymington, &c, &c. an[d] alive for our help & more daily calls employ with joy my worse[?] waking moments. Love to my dearest friend Mr Haweis Ever & ever hers & yours, Affectionately S: Huntingdon L[ady] A[nn's] Love. Mine to my dear & faithful friends who are blest under your labours.
Notes	Postmarked from London, September 13, 1790
Catalog Link	http://libcat.smu.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=197097
Unique Identifier	Huntingdon 09-13-1790
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	1790-1799
Location (Box, Folder)	Box 2, File 21