Winchester Camp,[25] Monday Morning,
[in pencil] '61?
Dear Madam,
A CAPTAIN OF MILITIA.
I have got four dozen of Franks for you from Sir Gerard Napier, which I shall send you by return of the waggon. In return I must beg the favor of a book. It is Greek, but don't be frightened; you may easily find it. It is a short but very thick folio, bound in parchment, the title on the back in large letters, either Strabo, or Strabonis Geographia, printed in two columns, one Greek, the other Latin. I am pretty sure it is upon the couch. I hope you like the Devizes; the place is good, & I think the neighbourhood to Bath no objection. I hope soon to meet you there, and am,
Dear Madam,
Yours most affectionately,
E. Gibbon, Junior.
19.
To his Stepmother.
Devizes, February the 14th, 1762.
Dear Madam,