645 - Judith Cowper to Martin Madan, 1723

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My Mother orders me to put of ye appointment for
Mrs Johnsons, till to morrow, she is just going to Ldy Cowpers, but comes back
to Dinner; we shall be alone all ye afternoon, & if you are Charitably dispos’d
& not otherwise, more agreeably Engag’d, you may come & sit wth us: I dare
say my yesterdays Billit surpriz’d you – but I cannot If I would go back
from ye assurances I have given you, & wt I take to be an ill sign in
my Self, I find no hopes that I can ever Repeat – your Last Letter was
rather too free – But I am but just up, not half awake, & so can only
add that I am with proper Distances
your Friend
& Sert
J Cowper

Let me know wn you intend to come, or
whether you’l come or not
My Mother orders me to put of ye appointment for
Mrs Johnsons, till to morrow, she is just going to Ldy Cowpers, but comes back
to Dinner; we shall be alone all ye afternoon, & if you are Charitably disposed
& not otherwise, more agreeably Engaged, you may come & sit wth us: I dare
say my yesterdays Billit surprised you – but I cannot If I would go back
from ye assurances I have given you, & wt I take to be an ill sign in
my Self, I find no hopes that I can ever Repeat – your Last Letter was
rather too free – But I am but just up, not half awake, & so can only
add that I am with proper Distances
your Friend
& Sert
J Cowper

Let me know wn you intend to come, or
whether you'll come or not
Details

Judith Cowper to Martin Madan, 1723

Judith and her mother will be at home all afternoon if Madan wishes to visit them. Her mother is visiting Lady Cowper’s, but will be back for dinner. Judith has only just woken up, and describes herself as half awake.

Madan Family

Eng Letter C.284 f.23

Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford

1723

[England]

[England]

People
Person: Judith Madan
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primary author

  • sleeping
  • writing

  • fatigue
  • tired

  • self
  • slow of mind

at home

courting

Person: Martin Madan
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primary addressee

  • sitting
  • visiting
  • writing

disposition

courting

How to Cite

To Cite this Letter

Judith Cowper to Martin Madan, 1723, 1723: Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, Madan Family, Eng Letter C.284 f.23

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.

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