LETTER FROM MISS CHARITY CLARK, 1769 13 



already been written about Holland House, 

 its kindly host, its disconcerting hostess, its 

 brilliant society, that I will only give on a later 

 page some extracts from my mother's diary. 

 Meanwhile I have chosen two letters from a 

 bundle of faded papers which lie before me, 

 written by Lady Holland's American aunt, one 

 of the beautiful daughters of Mr. Clark of New 

 York, the first before the American war, the 

 second on the eve of the passing of the Eeform 

 Bill. 



From Miss Charity ClarJc (cet. 22), of New York, 

 to Joseph Jekyll, Esquire, of London 



' New York : March 81, 1769. 



1 My dear Joe, Though it is not long since I 

 last wrote to you, I could not refuse the obliging 

 offer of my near neighbour, who promises to 

 deliver this himself. M. Montier is a gentleman 

 of fortune, who with his family has settled in 

 America for life, and only goes to England in 

 order to settle some affairs and return. I have 

 with impatience waited the arrival of every ship 

 from London, in hopes of hearing from you, but 



