To
Master Robert Augustus
Johnson at Wytham on
the Hill near Stamford
Lincolnshire

My Dear Robert
I am very sorry you have had such
bad Weather while you stay at Wytham, I fear it
has hinder’d you seeing some of the Beauties of
the country, but you know as we are to live
there you will have opportunitys enough to see
them all hereafter. I heartily wish you a good
Journey home with your Father & shall be glad
to see you, & hear the pretty account you will give
of all you have seen since you left Olney. We had
a Letter to night from Master Bruce, he got very
well to Scotland & desires his Compliments to
you, & to all M^r Ansels Family, to whom pray
give your sisters & mine. & pray my Dear Robert
Remember God Almighty in every thing you do
& where ever you go, & pray continually to him
to make you wise & Good, Remember this was
King Solomon’s prayer that his mother taught
him when he was little Boy as you are, &

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because he pray’d to God to make him Wise,
God was so well pleased with him, that he
not only made him Wiser than all the men
in the Earth, but likewise gave him more
Riches than any body ever had either before
or since. I would have you teach little Benny
to be very good, & tell him he should pray to
God a great many times in a day as you do, &
say pray God Bless me & make me a Good
man. I have sent him & you a few more nuts
& Raisons, I have nothing else to send you, or
I would send it, for I Love you Dearly, & think
you one of the most sensible children of your
age in the World, pray give pretty Miss Pruey
a Kiss for me, & tell {^^her} she is much in my Favour.
I have not time to Write any more, so I wish
you a good night. Past seven o’clock July
30^th 1755. Jane Johnson

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On Earth who hopes true Happiness to see,
Hopes for what never was, nor ne’er will be

In Heaven, are joys & Pleasures ever new,
And Blessings thicker than the morning Dew

Learn these by heart before you come home

Oh! Robert Live for Ever.

To
Master Robert Augustus
Johnson at Wytham on
the Hill near Stamford
Lincolnshire

My Dear Robert
I am very sorry you have had such
bad Weather while you stay at Wytham, I fear it
has hindered you seeing some of the Beauties of
the country, but you know as we are to live
there you will have opportunities enough to see
them all hereafter. I heartily wish you a good
Journey home with your Father & shall be glad
to see you, & hear the pretty account you will give
of all you have seen since you left Olney. We had
a Letter to night from Master Bruce, he got very
well to Scotland & desires his Compliments to
you, & to all M^r Ansels Family, to whom pray
give your sisters & mine. & pray my Dear Robert
Remember God Almighty in every thing you do
& where ever you go, & pray continually to him
to make you wise & Good, Remember this was
King Solomon’s prayer that his mother taught
him when he was little Boy as you are, &

[f.9v]

because he prayed to God to make him Wise,
God was so well pleased with him, that he
not only made him Wiser than all the men
in the Earth, but likewise gave him more
Riches than any body ever had either before
or since. I would have you teach little Benny
to be very good, & tell him he should pray to
God a great many times in a day as you do, &
say pray God Bless me & make me a Good
man. I have sent him & you a few more nuts
& Raisons, I have nothing else to send you, or
I would send it, for I Love you Dearly, & think
you one of the most sensible children of your
age in the World, pray give pretty Miss Pruey
a Kiss for me, & tell {^^her} she is much in my Favour.
I have not time to Write any more, so I wish
you a good night. Past seven o’clock July
30^th 1755. Jane Johnson

[f.10]

On Earth who hopes true Happiness to see,
Hopes for what never was, nor ne’er will be

In Heaven, are joys & Pleasures ever new,
And Blessings thicker than the morning Dew

Learn these by heart before you come home

Oh! Robert Live for Ever.