4 Faraday, Correspojidence of Lt.-Col. J. L. Philips. 



at a much later period of life. The following letter, the 

 earliest in the collection, was written to him four years 

 before the earliest of the signatures, when he was a bo\- of 



HOMERS 

 1 L I A 1> 



thirteen, the writer of the letter being at the time a youth 



of sixteen. We of course retain the original spelling and 



punctuation : 



Liverpool, lotli. May, 1774 

 Dear Friend 



I recev'd your kind Favour by the Servant, and also one some time 

 Before with a very jirelty Landscape of your Drawing, which I am very 

 much oblig'd to you For, & will .soon send you one of my Best, For I have 

 began to Learn of Mr Chabbard a very famous hand here, to Draw in Chalk 

 and Crayons which I am very Fond of and think it is by far the Best way. I 

 have waited some time in hopes of having some opportunity of writing to 

 you by a Private hand, but as none has Ofterd I was dctirmined to slay no 

 Longer, wherefore I hope you will excu.se my Delay. My Cousin Martineau* 

 & Sister whom we have expected so long from Norwich are at last come, & 

 are now Performing Quarantine at Warrington, for Fm sure its very like it 

 after coming from so farr of, to lie so near us and Can't see them for above a 

 Month. Jack is quite in the Dum[js about it, however he is very well and 

 desires to be rememberd lo you. M'- & Mrs Earle are both at Allcrton he 



* See page 25. 



