378 APPENDIX. 



THOMAS BEWICK TO OBADIAH WESTWOOD. 



NEWCASTLE 30 October 1793. 



SIR 



On my return from the Country I reed, 

 your letter of the 24 Inst. containing some patterns 

 which you wish to have closely copied on Wood or 

 Metal &c. It would require a good deal of pains 

 and exactness to execute them so faithfully as to 

 pass for real Assignats, yet I think I cou'd copy 

 the Impressions you sent me with such fidelity as 

 to defy any attempt to discover a difference, if I 

 cou'd prevail upon myself to undertake a job of 

 that kind. I have hitherto lived in the world 

 without deviating from the Paths of honour & 

 integrity, and I trust that no temptation however 

 great will ever induce me to depart from the line 

 of rectitude which I have mark'd out to steer my 



course by thro' life. 



I am 



Sir yours &c 



THOMAS BEWICK. 



To 



Mr Obedh. Westwood 

 Engraver 



Birmingham. 



THOMAS BEWICK TO 



NEWCASTLE, 4th October, 



DEAR SiR,f 



I received yours of the iyth ult., and 

 thank you for the opinion you have given me of 

 America. Before I get the Birds done, I have no 



* It appears from the autograph letter here copied, that Thomas 

 Bewick at one time contemplated emigrating to America. The name 

 of his correspondent is not known. 



