SD563. Samuel Moulton-Barrett (brother) to Henrietta Moulton-Barrett
Published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 1, 341 (in part).
No 13 Charterhouse Sq
Thursday. Sept 27th [1826] [1]
My ever dearest Henrietta
I hope I shall have a letter from [you] soon for I have written twice to your once; I had a letter from dearest Ba this morning, you cannot think how delighted I was to have a letter from her as it was the first I ever had, I hope she will not be offended at my not answering her letter sooner but tell her I will promise to answer it on Saturday. I am sorry to hear that you are going to Kinnersley on my own account as I know I shall not hear from you too often, when you all go you must get Arabell to write. You wrote to me on Friday but I hardley [sic] had time to read it for you heard that I could not get out on Saturday because I came back too late, Arliss came in the evening with your letter and he was in such a hurry to go for Granny wanted to read it that I could not read it all—it was a great bother for I know your letters are so amusing. Give my best love to Bro and tell him he must write to me. James Trent set off for you last Friday evening. I suppose I shall soon have the pleasure of seeing Papa as the hop-picking is over. I am going to have new cloth[e]s for Granny has had me measured, and a new hat she really is kind. We have had apple tart to day by way of a change tell Bro so. I suppose all the Peaches are gone, and if they are not you cannot get at them. Tell me when you write whether you have heard from Monies, and how him and Rebecca are. I have not had a line from Arabell or Stormy and they promised me to write. Whenever you write send me a list of what James Trent kills, not Henery Trent for I dont suppose he finds more than one bird in a year, tell him so as to James I suppose since he has been at Hope-End he has nearly killed every one of them. Christmas will soon be here then I shall see sweet Hope-End again. Tell Bro that Watkies is very much obliged to him for the Partridges, but he cannot find the books; but Bartrum says he thinks he knows where they are and he will send them to me if he does. our form are going to be examined by Russell tomorrow but I shall not be put up yet, you cannot expect me I am third in my form[.] I like this house better and better it is so much more comfortable than the other James Trent was really kind to come up to London with me when I asked him, and when it got dark he got the coachman to put me inside. The bathing still continues and it is delightful fun, I am going to bathe this <ev>ening. Another Master is coming ne<xt> qua[r]ter I mean to say two, one is going to take Pennys old house and going to have bo[a]rders, the other is going to Churtons, Churton is going to Chapmans and Chapman to Watkies and Watkie is going to leave, The boys in his house have subscribed two or three pounds each and are going to buy him a silver plate with Latin verse on it and are going to present it to him, with the Monitors and sub monitors names upon it, and than [sic, for then] all the rest of the school are going to give him another Gold one; Is not that handesome. Give my very best love to them all. write soon.
Your ever affectionate
Sam.
Address, on integral page: Miss H Barrett / Hope End / Ledbury / Herefordshire.
Publication: None traced.
Manuscript: Armstrong Browning Library, Altham Archive.
1. Year provided by postmark.
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