To J. B. Holroyd, Esq.
August 18th, 1771.
Dear Holroyd,
I am glad you are returned. I detest your races. I abhor your assizes. Supposing therefore that all will be ended, and you at Sheffield place again by Saturday the 27th instant, I propose being with you, the Wednesday or Thursday following, with a design of passing a few days in your chateau, and from thence, bringing you away in triumph to my cottage. Till when we bid you heartily farewell.
Gibbon.
113.
To his Stepmother.
1771.