| Description | (Dated 18 May, no year given. Begs for forgiveness from 'a once indulgent parent' for unspecified 'folly', possibly connected to his marriage. Includes the plea, 'without your pardon and forgiveness I shall become a most miserable object, and my wife and children be left unprovided for. I do not solicit you for any pecuniary gratification, having received much of that already; but still, in Christian charity, I may beg you would advise me how to act, which I hope then you will have the pleasing reflection in your mind that you have, by one act of generosity, rescued an unhappy couple from destruction'.) |