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<p align="right">Parkgate August 7<sup>th</sup> 1792</p> | <p align="right">Parkgate August 7<sup>th</sup> 1792</p> | ||
My dear H | My dear H | ||
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Parkgate August 7th 1792
My dear H
I should have written to you from Newcastle but I found that I could not do justice to the kind hospitality of my Friends there if I wrote under the influence of my impending journey to Parkgate.
I therefore delayed thanking you for your kind letter (which met me at Newcastle on the evening of my arrival), till I was arrived at the place of my destination which I reached yesterday evening - so I now take up my pen to speak of Staffordshire & shall say nothing of Parkgate till I am better acquainted with its merits.
I did not intend staying more than three nights at Newcastle but not knowing in what state I might find M.r Hatrell whose health & spirits like M.r Nicholas’s are very