'JAMES BOSWELL.'
'London,
'31 October, 1791.'
LETTER IV.
'SIR,
'I am much obliged to you for the very polite terms in which you have been pleased to communicate to me my election to be Secretary for Foreign Correspondence to the Royal Academy of Arts in London; and I request that you will lay before the President and Council the enclosed letters signifying my acceptance of that office.
'I am with great regard,
'Sir,
'Your most obedient humble servant,