Philip Doddridge, Newport Pagnell, to Mercy Doddridge, Northampton, 12 o’clock, 12 June 1734.

Newport. June 12. 1734.

12 a Clock

My Dearest

         Tho late I came well hither but found Mr Hunt whose Company I expected to be above Dangerously ill unless the Quinsic wh wch he is almost treated quickly break or disperses as I hope it will do. I left my watch behind me – send that & send immediately to Mr Kilpin to get my wig ready against the time my Box is to be dispatch’d & direct it to Mr Aikins. I long to see you already. How shall I bear a month’s Absence. Mr Bunyan has assurd me that he think[s] I ought to offer Conditions to Mr Coward least it be said I have ruin’d the Scheme. I am

                                 My dear Creature

                                             Most affectionately Yours

                                                         P Doddridge

Hearty Service to all Friends.

Give Mr [?] his half Guinea

Address: none

Postmark: none

Text: Philip Doddridge Collection, Pitts Library, Special Collections and Archives, Emory University, Box 1, Folder 5. The above letter is not mentioned in Geoffrey Nuttall's Calendar of the Correspondence of Philip Doddridge (1977) or Nuttall's Philip Doddridge: Additional Letters (2001).