SD689. Samuel Moulton-Barrett (brother) to Henrietta Moulton-Barrett
Published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 2, 362 (in part).
[London]
Thursd March 18th 1829
Private [1]
Ba Hem
My ever dearest Henrietta
I am quite ashamed at not having written to you for such a very long time, but I hope to be forgiven this time; and will promise to write regularly, if you will promise to write to me regularly; every time Ba writes she puts Private at the top, tell her I think there is something very mysterious about her letters; and by way of making her letters worse, she has the impertinance [sic] to say I am idle, she might as well be idle in that respect, for all I could hear was that I was idle. I went last week to Chelsea to see the Bayfords, most of them had had the hooping cough, and were gone to Mrs Owens house at Fulham in her absence for a change of air, I went on there, it is a very nice house opposite the Bishop of London’s Palace; I heard that Angela was going to be married in May, their house in Cheyne walk is doing up, I believe they are to live with Mr Bayford for a short time after they are married; Augustus is at College, and he comes home the eighteenth of April for the holidays, I suppose he will be at the wedding; Angela said she owed you a letter and that she would write very soon. This morning there was a grand wedding opposite here, there were eight or nine carri[a]ges filled with Ladies, they were dressed in all kinds of colours, they had a grand Breakfast, and after the breakfast a carri[a]ge and four came to the door, and the bride and bridegroom started, and to night I suppose there is going to be a ball, for there is a supper table laid out, and men working in the drawing room. Mrs Williams has left London all together, for her furniture is going to be sold by auction tomorrow, we are going to the sale, Treppy and I have had such a very long w<alk> to day, we have been through hyde [sic] Park, Kensington Gardens and came back through Bayswater, it has been a very warm day. The Lady Dowager Nuttall sends her love, she is as stiff as ever, indeed I think she is rather grown than otherwise, she would make a very good Horse guard. My Masters child is very ill with consumption, he has not been here for the last two or three days, so I am afraid his child is worse. We all send our best loves. I remain your very affectionately Attached Sam–
N.B. What do you think of the Catholic question[?] do you think it will pass[?] Excuse Bad writing. do not shew this.
I think Granny is better; the Packet is expected in a fortnight.–
Address, on integral page: Miss H Barrett / Hope-End / Ledbury / Herefordshire.
Publication: None traced.
Manuscript: Armstrong Browning Library, Altham Archive.
1. Underscored three times.
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