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Derby June 9^th 1792

My dear H

I went to Bowbridge the day after I received your last letter when as I had flattered myself the country air & the society of my kind Friends were of some service to my health & spirits, but on my return to Derby on Monday se’ennight I had again sleepless nights, & my nerves have been so severely agitated that I have felt unequal to every exertion.

I delayed however writing to you partly from a desire to converse with our friend M.^rs Twigge upon the subject of a northern sea bathing place, & she did not return home till tuesday last.

I cannot sufficiently divest myself of an inclination to indulge your wishes, (however unreasonable they may appear to me) without a consideration for which my conscience as well as my counsellors might give me a dispensation: but after speaking to M.^rs Twigge upon the subject, I find it impossible for me to entertain an idea of bathing upon the