1840.

Mr. H. G. Adams.[9]

1, Devonshire Terrace, York Gate, Regent's Park,
Saturday, Jan. 18th, 1840.

Dear Sir,

The pressure of other engagements will, I am compelled to say, prevent me from contributing a paper to your new local magazine.[10] But I beg you to set me down as a subscriber to it, and foremost among those whose best wishes are enlisted in your cause. It will afford me real pleasure to hear of your success, for I have many happy recollections connected with Kent, and am scarcely less interested in it than if I had been a Kentish man bred and born, and had resided in the county all my life.

Faithfully yours.

Mr. Thompson.[11]

Devonshire Terrace, Tuesday, 15th December, 1840.