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and I think he would much like to be introduced to Mack- 

 intosh, but I don't think we shall give him one, for fear of 

 adding any to the importunes that beset him. 



I shall send you by this post the Bristol newspaper 

 because there is the first report of the " Prudent Man's 

 Friend Society." It is drawn up by Miss Morgan and I think 

 very well done. You will see what good she has done in 

 one year. If she can but follow it up, I do sincerely think 

 she will rank with the first philanthropists of the age. If 

 you have an opportunity I should like you to shew it to 

 Mrs Bosanquet, because I think those two sisters mistake 

 Miss Morgan's character. 



Do you know that I shall not be surprised if Aunt Jones 

 pays me a visit. I have written to ask her. She seemed 

 so forlorn at Creswell that I thought I owed it to my father's 

 sister to do it. Not but what John and Mrs Allen are very 

 kind. . . . 



Mrs Josiah Wedgwood to her daughter Elizabeth, at the 

 John Wedgwoods, Baring Place, Exeter. 



ETRURIA. [21 June, 1815.] 



. . . Last night brought me your letter, my Elizabeth, 

 and I was very glad to find you had so pleasant a journey. 

 Your second day we thought would be delayed with rain, 

 as I think it rained all day here. Your drive upon the 

 barouche seat was therefore much more than we expected. 

 I cannot recollect a syllable of what you allude to about 

 callers at Maer, so you are quite right in saying you dared 

 say I had forgotten it; therefore, my dear girl, if you 

 remember it with any unpleasant feeling I hope you will 

 do so no longer. If you had stept a pace back in my 

 mind, (which is not the case, as I cannot recollect the 

 circumstance) you would have stept a hundred forward by 

 the frank-hearted candour with which you speak of it. 

 Your upright heart will never suffer you to go far astray 

 while you judge your own faults with so much severity, 



