992 - Martin Madan to Judith Madan, 12 July 1731
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1731
My Dearest Life
This day I arrived at Canterbury & am sorry
to say I am in so unhappy a situation as to desire
you to send me by the Canterbury Carrier what Linnen
you can, with my Jack Boots & Regimental Saddle
I was in hopes a Journey to Northampton wou’d have
releas’d me from this disagreeable confinement,
but alas! My Poor Judith my affairs in Life have
made me an unhappy dependant & I am condemn’d
to stay here Lord knows how Long– when shall
I be free? When am I to be happy & never quit thee?
Oh! Judith we were never born to be perfectly happy,
I am to be taken from thee & what greater misery
Can I feel? My Dear Girl kiss my Martin for my
& the rest of our little ones. I beg my Duty to my
mother. Do not forget to give her the paper I Left
you, you’ll judge when proper I am yrs entirely
M.M.
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[f.121v]
My Regimental Cloaths & Stiff Boots, my shirt &
Regimental Saddle to be sent by the Canterbury
Carrier, who Inns at the Old Kings Head in
Southwark. The Canterbury Coach Inns
the Spread Eagle in Gracious Street or rather
Grace-Church Street & comes from London Te[damaged]
Thursday & Saturday. Therefore believe it be[st]
to send my Cloaths &c by that
1731
My Dearest Life
This day I arrived at Canterbury & am sorry
to say I am in so unhappy a situation as to desire
you to send me by the Canterbury Carrier what Linen
you can, with my Jack Boots & Regimental Saddle
I was in hopes a Journey to Northampton would have
released me from this disagreeable confinement,
but alas! My Poor Judith my affairs in Life have
made me an unhappy dependant & I am condemned
to stay here Lord knows how Long– when shall
I be free? When am I to be happy & never quit thee?
Oh! Judith we were never born to be perfectly happy,
I am to be taken from thee & what greater misery
Can I feel? My Dear Girl kiss my Martin for my
& the rest of our little ones. I beg my Duty to my
mother. Do not forget to give her the paper I Left
you, you’ll judge when proper I am yrs entirely
M.M.
Turn over
[f.121v]
My Regimental Clothes & Stiff Boots, my shirt &
Regimental Saddle to be sent by the Canterbury
Carrier, who Inns at the Old Kings Head in
Southwark. The Canterbury Coach Inns
the Spread Eagle in Gracious Street or rather
Grace-Church Street & comes from London Te[damaged]
Thursday & Saturday. Therefore believe it be[st]
to send my Clothes &c by that
Martin Madan to Judith Madan, 12 July 1731
Martin writes from Canterbury to ask that Judith send him a parcel of clothing and equipment: linen, his boots and saddle. He laments being parted from her, being confined in one place, and being dependent on her. He asks that Judith kiss Martin and their little children for him.
Madan Family
Eng Letter C.284 f.121
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
1731
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12
Canterbury [Kent, England]
[England]
primary author
- kissing
- travel
clothing
separation
- hopeful
- love (parental)
- love (romantic)
- low
- sorrow
duty
marriage
primary addressee
kissing
separation
- love (parental)
- love (romantic)
marriage
To Cite this Letter
Martin Madan to Judith Madan, 12 July 1731, 1271731: Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, Madan Family, Eng Letter C.284 f.121
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.