"Dear Sir,—I request your attention to the enclosed. See what can be done with Howard, and urge Claughton. If this kind of thing continues, I must quit a country which my debts render uninhabitable, notwithstanding every sacrifice on my part.
Yours ever,
B."
[271—to John Hanson]
Presteign, Novr. 16th, 1812.
Dear Sir
,—The floods having rendered the road impassable, I am detained here, but trust by the latter end of the week to proceed to Cheltenham, where I shall expect a letter from you to tell me if I am wanted in town.
I shall not be in time for the Prince's address; but I wish you to write down for my