My Dearest Life
I must begin w^th Beging your Excuse
for y^e Liberty I have taken w^th y^e Inclos’d, had any other hand been on
y^e outside it has pass’d without any curiosity on my Part, But I own
seeing this, I was very Impatient to see y^e Rest: that your first
Letter should occasion so furious an answer, & your Last Produce only
this, is w^t I cant but think very Inconsistent, in y^e main tis a
much xxxx more Civil Letter, tho in some places the attempts to
be Severe; & to make you know, as I hope you will when you have
read it, He is L^t Col:^o to the Regim^t: Let me know your opinion
or it, & if you think it worth taking any farther notice of.
My Dearest Creature! when shall I learn to Part from you w^thout
Pain! I Believe not till it {^^is} Possible for me to see you w^th out y^e utmost
Delight & Pleasure, & that can never be, till you can cease to be the
Joy of my Soul, & y^e constant & fondest wish of my Heart. I earnestly
expect the Performance of your Obliging assurance, that the first
Post should bring me an account of your Heath & safe arrival
amongst your freinds; till that moment of care arrives, Imagin how

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my thoughts are Employ’d; there is not a creature on earth that
has power to Divide them w^th you, my whole soul is yours, & I am
pleas’d to resign to you, y^e Right I once had to my self.
I love {^^you} my own Madan! With the most Tender & undiminisht Passion
my Best Wishes attend you, the Highest I can Possibly frame for my
self is that you may continue your regard, & pariality to your
Eternaly faithfull
J Madan.

June y^e 27^th 1726.

My Dearest Life
I must begin w^th Begging your Excuse
for y^e Liberty I have taken w^th y^e Enclosed, had any other hand been on
y^e outside it has passed without any curiosity on my Part, But I own
seeing this, I was very Impatient to see y^e Rest: that your first
Letter should occasion so furious an answer, & your Last Produce only
this, is w^t I cant but think very Inconsistent, in y^e main tis a
much xxxx more Civil Letter, though in some places the attempts to
be Severe; & to make you know, as I hope you will when you have
read it, He is L^t Col:^o to the Regimen^t: Let me know your opinion
or it, & if you think it worth taking any farther notice of.
My Dearest Creature! when shall I learn to Part from you w^thout
Pain! I Believe not till it {^^is} Possible for me to see you w^th out y^e utmost
Delight & Pleasure, & that can never be, till you can cease to be the
Joy of my Soul, & y^e constant & fondest wish of my Heart. I earnestly
expect the Performance of your Obliging assurance, that the first
Post should bring me an account of your Heath & safe arrival
amongst your friends; till that moment of care arrives, Imagine how

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my thoughts are Employed; there is not a creature on earth that
has power to Divide them w^th you, my whole soul is yours, & I am
pleased to resign to you, y^e Right I once had to my self.
I love {^^you} my own Madan! With the most Tender & undiminished Passion
my Best Wishes attend you, the Highest I can Possibly frame for my
self is that you may continue your regard, & partiality to your
Eternally faithful
J Madan.

June y^e 27^th 1726.