London March 9 1814
My Mother
My thanks for your very kind letter by
Miss Morewood, and when she and Bessy return I promise
myself the pleasure of writing you more fully, than will be
the case by this occasion. -
The prospect of my visit among you I look forward {^to} with
pleasing expectation. The relief my Father must have gained by
the quittance of his business concerns and the {^diminished} portion of care
that should fall to your attention, by the arrangements made
with James, I trust will have removed those grounds of
anxiety, which have so frequently interrupted the harmony
of the family, and have had so unjurious an effect on the
health both of you and my Father. - The period of my coming
down, judging from present appearances, will most likely be
towards the end of May, but so far a time is neither needful
nor possible. When Bessy and Miss Morewood are with
you again, the novelty will be sufficient to occupy your atten-
tion a month or two.
Business is not remarkably brisk with us at the
moment John is occupied in the Counting house with such

matters as need his assistance. By and by I hope we
shall see him more actively employed. In the mean while
his time is not lost here.-
I understand your garden promises to be the subject of
much future amusement. I wish the severe winter may
have spared the plants.
Bessy is going to the Hackney assembly, to night
but all particulars are as doubtless detailed by herself. - The company
she is with would be quite apology enough if any were necessary
John and I wish to have her at our lodgings again, but are lost to
find an opportunity among the number of her engagements.-
She seems now to enjoy better spirits than for some time
after her arrival, and in point of health there is according to my
observations an evident improvement. Her mind, I think, is easier than it was. You may possibly think me mistaken
but the conviction I feel is beyond any doubt. -
My Love to James and Kate. The former I certainly
hope to visit in due course-
Friends here are pretty well-
Ever Your Affec Son Wm Longsdon

PS-I understand Miss Morewood has got an order to
take an inspection of the lodgings John and I occupy -
Nobody will be more welcome. - There has been many a
laugh about them, which we take quite philosophically.
Respecting the young stranger at Newington Green
I can say nothing bad, whether it be for his appearance or for qualities - WL

WL March 9^th1814
Mrs Longsdon
Longsdon