Dear Brother
I trust I shall agreeably surprise you
when I tell my dear little woman was safely brought to
bed early yesterday morning. She has got Twins, a Boy
and a Girl, they are both fine children and likely to
do well; Nan too is in as fair a way as possible, and
as well as can be expected. I shall have a noble
family if we go on at this rate, but I heartily subscribe
to the Good old maxim “the more the merrier. We left
Bath but last week, it is fortunate we got safe to the
end of our journey, Nan was greatly out in her reckoning
for she did not expect to lye in this month.
I mean to pay Witham a visit before the end of
the summer, I wish I could prevail on you in the
mean time to take a trip into Warwickshire. M^rs
Craven would be glad to see you at Kenilworth, and
I should rejoice in having an opportunity of introducing
your nephew and neices to you. Do come Brother, you
don’t know how happy you would make us all.
You will excuse my writing in a hurry as of course
I have my hands pretty full of employments at present.
Adieu my dear Brother, Believe me with the sincerest
affection most cordially yours
R. A. Johnson
Kenilworth
21:^st April 1775.

[f.59v]

The Ladies join me in kind love to you. Charles
tells me you are become a great Farmer, do you find
it an agreeable amusement? Give my love to the
Doctor when you see him, and tell I will soon
answer his last letter:

Dear Brother
I trust I shall agreeably surprise you
when I tell my dear little woman was safely brought to
bed early yesterday morning. She has got Twins, a Boy
and a Girl, they are both fine children and likely to
do well; Nan too is in as fair a way as possible, and
as well as can be expected. I shall have a noble
family if we go on at this rate, but I heartily subscribe
to the Good old maxim “the more the merrier. We left
Bath but last week, it is fortunate we got safe to the
end of our journey, Nan was greatly out in her reckoning
for she did not expect to lye in this month.
I mean to pay Witham a visit before the end of
the summer, I wish I could prevail on you in the
mean time to take a trip into Warwickshire. M^rs
Craven would be glad to see you at Kenilworth, and
I should rejoice in having an opportunity of introducing
your nephew and nieces to you. Do come Brother, you
don’t know how happy you would make us all.
You will excuse my writing in a hurry as of course
I have my hands pretty full of employments at present.
Adieu my dear Brother, Believe me with the sincerest
affection most cordially yours
R. A. Johnson
Kenilworth
21:^st April 1775.

[f.59v]

The Ladies join me in kind love to you. Charles
tells me you are become a great Farmer, do you find
it an agreeable amusement? Give my love to the
Doctor when you see him, and tell I will soon
answer his last letter: