To his Stepmother.
Southampton,[105] May the 8th, 1767.
My birth-day. May I have many happy ones. Amen.
Dear Madam,
The post is really going out, at a most inconvenient hour, half after nine in the morning, and as usual I neglected writing the night before. All I can do now is to express the joy I received by your accounts of my father's improvement in point of health, and to return you some portion of joy, by telling you, that on Wednesday morning Mrs. Harrison was safely delivered of a boy. Both mother and child are in the fairest way—The bay horse is sold—the post chaise tempts one very much.
I am, Dear Madam,
Most truly yours,
The Major.
51.
To his Father.
Newport, I. of W., December the 1st, 1767.
Dear Sir,