1022 - Martin Madan to Judith Madan, 30 July 1736
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My Dear
How cou’d you send Dick to me wth out one
line You are a negligent monkey, & I had a mind to
have chastis’d you for it by sending back your mercury
with only a verbal message: but my Heart relented &
one moment uneasie, than it cou’d have {^felt} pleasure in
the Revenge, in short it wd have been Preying upon its
self, I therefore think my Charity proceeds from self Love
& in this Case no virtue.
I recd a letter yesterday from Bludworth to acquaint
me that the P wd have me wait upon him next Sunday
therefore leave this place to morrow. if I do not con=
=tinue in waiting you may depend upon seeing me
next Tuesday, if I sd you shall hear from me by the
first Post. My Blessing to my Dear Children & Complimts
to yr sister & Mrs Butler Adieu Dearest Child!
M Madan.
My Dear
How could you send Dick to me wth out one
line You are a negligent monkey, & I had a mind to
have chastised you for it by sending back your mercury
with only a verbal message: but my Heart relented &
one moment uneasy, than it could have {^felt} pleasure in
the Revenge, in short it wd have been Preying upon its
self, I therefore think my Charity proceeds from self Love
& in this Case no virtue.
I recd a letter yesterday from Bludworth to acquaint
me that the P wd have me wait upon him next Sunday
therefore leave this place to morrow. if I do not con=
=tinue in waiting you may depend upon seeing me
next Tuesday, if I sd you shall hear from me by the
first Post. My Blessing to my Dear Children & Complimts
to yr sister & Mrs Butler Adieu Dearest Child!
M Madan.
Martin Madan to Judith Madan, 30 July 1736
Martin opens the letter by humorously reprimanding Judith for not sending a letter with the messenger – he had been tempted to respond in kind, but his heart relented, and making her unhappy would have caused him more pain than the revenge would have been worth. The prince has asked Martin to wait on him, so accordingly he will soon be leaving his current place.
Madan Family
Eng Letter C.284 f.144
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
1736
7
30
Ethrope [Buckinghamshire, England]
[England]
primary author
heart
- travel
- visiting
- writing
separation
- amused
- feeling
- love (parental)
- love (romantic)
- pleasure
- resentment
- mind
- personal blessings
pain
- marriage
- parenthood
primary addressee
writing
separation
uneasy
love (romantic)
marriage
To Cite this Letter
Martin Madan to Judith Madan, 30 July 1736, 3071736: Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, Madan Family, Eng Letter C.284 f.144
To Cite this Edition
Material Identities, Social Bodies: Embodiment in British Letters c.1680-1820. Compiled by: Karen Harvey, Helen Esfandiary, Sarah Fox, Emily Vine, University of Birmingham. Project funded by the Leverhulme Trust (2021-2025, Ref. RPG-2020-163), https://socialbodies.bham.ac.uk.