B6 LORD CHATHAM. Sept. 28, 



All thcfe pretty doings were bonefires, lighted by 

 men of both parties, who rejoiced in the death of a 

 man who had been terrible in his youth, and had be- 

 come troublefome in his old age. The lall fpecimen I 

 have been able to difcover of Lord Chatiiam's perfecl 

 underflanding after his illnefs at North-End, Hamp- 

 ftead, in the year 1767, or of the colour and fubftunce' 

 of his great mind, may be feen in the following copy 

 of a letter he wrote to a friend, who meditated i tour 

 of North America in the year 1773 ; 



Lyr.e Rrgis, July 5/,^, 1773. 



»* The very obliging; letter with wliich you honour'd 

 me, (of the 12th pafl,) found mc at laft in this place, 

 where I came about a month fince from Burton Pyn* 

 fent, in order to try fsa-air, after a winter of much 

 gout J and I have received great benefit in my limbs 

 Irom it. 



*' Your kind remembrance of the paft is every way 

 pleafing to me, and the favourable fcntiments you en- 

 tertain of my attachment to the caufe of Liberty, and 

 zeal for the honour and profperity of my country, make 

 me not a little vain ; and, (may I add,) fuggcll vvithal 

 to my refieftion better comfort than political vanity 

 could adminifter in the clofe of a dangerous and flip- 

 pery fortune. 



Vixi et quern Curfum dederat Fortuna peregi. 



*' And I am at prefent among the forgotten things 

 of the great Wold of the Di:y ; happier far than in it. 

 You tell me you intend to crofs the Atlantic next fpring, 

 with a view to difcover the real fituation of America. 

 Ycu will fee a world not yet enervated by luxui'. or 

 tainted by corruption. — Of courfe ardent and refoiute 

 for liberty. How afFc£l:ing will be the fpeftacle ! How 

 does the honeft daughter Ihame the profligate m.other I 

 jVJy belt wifliQS will foliow you ; and if you fholl meet 

 with us much pleafure and advantr-ge v/heie you are 



