Supporting Documents

SD72.  Edward Moulton-Barrett (father) to Charles Moulton

Published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 1, 307 (in part).

March 15. 1807

My dear Father

Absence from home must plead my excuse for my long silence to your letter. You seem to think my difficulties has arisen from extravagance when in Town last year, I will admit that I threw away some money but I assure you no great quantity, the fact is the setting up of my establishment such as the purchase of the Plate Carriages &c &c has involved me and our Economist Sam will be compelled upon keeping house to contract many of the same expenses. I am sorry I must again repeat it is out of my power to accept the Bill you speak of, believe me was I clear nothing would give me more real pleasure than releiving [sic] you in every particular, I shall be in Town in the course of three weeks or a month I will then explain my situation to you and you will then see that the whole of my difficulties has arisen from nearly the same source as your own for these two or three years the money I have received for the sale of the Produce of my Estates has been between four and five thousand pounds there has been the rub. I will hasten my journey to Town to see you and I remain Yr.

EMB

Publication: None traced.

Source: File copy at Eton College Library.

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