MONTHLY 
THE 
MAGAZINE. 
No. 108. |] De 
CEMBER 1, 1803. 
[5, of Vou. 16. 
ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 
For the Monthly Magazine. 
LETTERS from QUEEN ANNE 10 SIR 
CHARLES HEDGES ; copied from the 
ORIGINALS, lately in the pofeiion of 
JAMES MONTAGUE, ESQ. and never 
before publifbed. . 
I. 
Monday Night. 
HAVE been foe often found fault 
with for interpofing in the cafe of de- 
ferters, that IT am almoft afraid to do it 5 
but the inclofed payper feems to me to be 
foe moving that I can’t help fending it to 
you, and defiriang you wou'd take care 
that execution may be ftoped till you can 
enguire farther into the matter. 
Iam, your very affectionate 
Anne R, 
II. 
Tuefday Evening. 
The enclofed petitions weare given mee 
as I came from St. James’s, one, I be- 
lieve, is,from the man you gave me an 
account of yefterday, the other having a 
wife and fix children, makes me think it 
a cafe of compaffion; however, I defire 
you would inform yourfelf about it as 
foon as you can poflible, and if you find 
it foe, take care his life may be {pared. 
I am, your very affectionate friend, 
ANNE R, 
‘ate 4 
Wednefday Nicht. 
T have nothing to fay againit the exe. 
cution that is to be on Friday, and am 
very glad the Lords have refpited Way ; 
for tho’ the law does not allow that bene- 
fit more than once, it would be a barbar- 
ous thing to hang a woman when fhe is 
with child. I am, 
Your affectionate friend, 
ANNE R, 
IV. 
Windfor, Fune 4. 
I received a letter from you yefterday, 
and another to day, and muft defire you’ 
to give orders that great care be taken 
not only to fend the enclofed form of 
thank {giving in time to all the parifhes,but 
to recall all that are given out of the for~ 
mer, for it would be ridiculous to have 
one form ufed in fome churches and ano- 
MonTuHLy Mae. No, 103, 
ther in others. Ithink too the printer 
ought to be chid, for being foe impertit 
nent as to difpers the prayers till he had 
my antwer. I am, 
Your very affectionate friend, 
ANNER. 
V. 
Weduefday Morning. 
I have been: fo prefled again this morn- 
ing, by the woman that gave me the en- 
clof{-d petition, to refpite the execution of 
Jefferies, that I cannot help writting this 
to defire you to order a reprieve till Fri- 
day, that there may be time to enquire 
into what this woman fays. 
I am, your very affectionate friend, 
ANNE R, 
VI. 
Friday Night. . 
I cefire you would copy out the en- 
¢clofed, and Jet me have both that and the 
copy to-morrow by eleven o’clock, 
I am, your very affectiona:e friend, 
Anne R, 
P.S. I defire you would fend me foom- 
good pens, for thofe I have are foe bad 
i can hardly make them writt. 
VII. . 
Windfor, Tuesday Morning. 
Mr. Tucker told me yetterday that 
Comte Brianion defired a copy of my let- 
ter to the King of Spain; there isnothinge 
in it but what he mighe fee, but I do not 
know whether it is ever don, and, there- 
fore, I think, if you can excufe it civilly, 
you had better not give it him. 
Lam, your very affectionate friend, 
Hie ede ANNER. 
VIII. 
Tuefday Two o’clock. 
I fend you the laft letter I had from 
the King of Spain, but cannot find the 
other [had of thé 22d of February ; to the 
beft of my rememberance, there wis no- 
thing in it but an account of Lord Peter- 
borough having taken Valentia. I de- 
fire you would iett me have the letter f. 
am to write to the King of Spain, by eight 
o’clock ; and at the fame time fend me 
fome black wax, and fuch payper as the 
enclofed. Iam, 
Your very affectionate friend, 
3 F ANNER 
