Whittington, July 28, 1796.
Dear Sir,
We left London on Monday the eleventh; but did not make Whittington till last Sunday the 24th inst. We passed part of Wednesday the 13th, and all the 14th and 15th, at Southwell, with the new Rector of Whittington, and had a very pleasurable visit. We next touched at Spital, and as we thought only for three or four days, but were detained there by contrary winds, which blew us into parties of company and venison.
I am, dear Sir, yours very sincerely,
S. Pegge.
York, Sunday, Sept. 11, 1796.
Dear Sir,
Where and when this will find you, whether in Urban or in Sylvan scenes, I know not: but the purport of it is to desire that you would send me (to Whittington) the last Impression of the Family Pedigree of Bourne.
Whether you ever insert it in your Leicestershire or not, I wish to have it completed, as far as may be, from my own connexion with it; and because I know that every difficulty is doubled to every succeeding generation. The Historian of Leicestershire must have had repeated experience of this circumstance in his investigations.