{[My dearest Charlotte. I am now at my fathers new
House at Kingston, ten miles from London and therefore
so far on my way to my sweet dear girl at Paris.
It will now be a very few days before we take the
absolute Dover Road and then I shall {^^see} England no more without
my little great girl being with me.]} This house is not
perhaps so large as that at Braywich but it is a
very good one & in a chearful neighbourhood.
That is to say it is London transported into the country
thickset with people who have a summer residence
here. Last night we were at an assembly at your
old acquaintances Mrs French (not the {?City} French)
she lives 3 miles off, near Richmond. To night we
go to another at Richmond to a Mrs Mcartneys.
In short the society suits my father & mother better
than the Retirement of Braywich to which I was however

a little parted from old acquaintance sake. Mr {?Blum}
& his lady have a home 2 miles off. I have sent Neddy
this evening to make them a visit. He has walked
there with Robert. We shall bring you {^^{to Paris}} your old
footman James who is grown as tall as any of them.
I write in a great hurry & hardly know what I say
but I thought my dearest Charlotte that you would
be glad to know we had left Cossey. You may
tell the Mere Generale that your maid will have 200
livres a year. I should never have thought of giving her
less than 8 Guineas. I hope you have been at the
Tyler nuns & have amused yourself. Adieu my dear
dear Charlotte. Pray let your brothers know the
contents of this letter next post I shall write to them.
I have had the pleasure of seeing my old friend Mrs
Porter. She has a home at Hampstead near London.
She remembers the Nuns & Longs to see you again.

She dotes upon Ned also. [L^d and L^dy Dillon desires
their kind love to you. They are very good to
Neddy. Who is however a little in awe before them. Adieu
encore une fois. I had a very pretty French letter before
I left Cossey . Your Papa sends you a kiss &
everything that is tender & kind. I shall write
again in a few days. You might write to me
directed ther Mr Paston at St Omers
as we shall pass there. I want to
hear from my little girl again.
Adieu ma chere petite.
Lady Clifford has a home at Richmond 3 miles from hence.
Miss Clifford has had a fit of the gout & is yet home.

Canbury House, Kingstown. [] the 21 1786

{[My dearest Charlotte. I am now at my fathers new
House at Kingston, ten miles from London and therefore
so far on my way to my sweet dear girl at Paris.
It will now be a very few days before we take the
absolute Dover Road and then I shall {^^see} England no more without
my little great girl being with me.]} This house is not
perhaps so large as that at Braywich but it is a
very good one & in a cheerful neighbourhood.
That is to say it is London transported into the country
thickset with people who have a summer residence
here. Last night we were at an assembly at your
old acquaintances Mrs French (not the {?City} French)
she lives 3 miles off, near Richmond. To night we
go to another at Richmond to a Mrs Mcartneys.
In short the society suits my father & mother better
than the Retirement of Braywich to which I was however

a little parted from old acquaintance sake. Mr {?Blum}
& his lady have a home 2 miles off. I have sent Neddy
this evening to make them a visit. He has walked
there with Robert. We shall bring you {^^{to Paris}} your old
footman James who is grown as tall as any of them.
I write in a great hurry & hardly know what I say
but I thought my dearest Charlotte that you would
be glad to know we had left Cossey. You may
tell the Mere Generale that your maid will have 200
livres a year. I should never have thought of giving her
less than 8 Guineas. I hope you have been at the
Tyler nuns & have amused yourself. Adieu my dear
dear Charlotte. Pray let your brothers know the
contents of this letter next post I shall write to them.
I have had the pleasure of seeing my old friend Mrs
Porter. She has a home at Hampstead near London.
She remembers the Nuns & Longs to see you again.

She dotes upon Ned also. [L^d and L^dy Dillon desires
their kind love to you. They are very good to
Neddy. Who is however a little in awe before them. Adieu
encore une fois. I had a very pretty French letter before
I left Cossey . Your Papa sends you a kiss &
everything that is tender & kind. I shall write
again in a few days. You might write to me
directed there Mr Paston at St Omers
as we shall pass there. I want to
hear from my little girl again.
Adieu ma chere petite.
Lady Clifford has a home at Richmond 3 miles from hence.
Miss Clifford has had a fit of the gout & is yet home.

Canbury House, Kingstown. [] the 21 1778