Philip Doddridge, Northampton, to the Revd Thomas Scott, Norwich, 29 May 1744.

Northampton May 29. 1744

Revd & Dear Sir

         My Friend & Pupil Mr Wilkinson who presents you wh this is come to supply Mr Tozers Place during his absence & you wd be more sensible of ye Merit of it if you knew how pretty a wife he has left behind him on ye Occasion. I flatter my self wh the Hope of following him in about a Month & impatiently do I long for ye Time. The Necessity of Affairs here at home deprives me of the pleasre of bringing my wife wh me on a Journey wch of all in ye world she seems most to desire but she joins all ye tenders of most respectful & affectionate Service with more to you dear Sir & that charming Daughter of yours whom I dare say she thinks of all her Sex to lodge in the next Closet to her own in my Heart but she likes her Neighbour exceeding well & only wishes she were yet nearer. I will not dear Sir enlarge hoping so soon to see you but conclude (as Mr Wilkinson waits) wth most earnest prayers that I may find you the divine Goodness & able to aid my Devotions as formerly as well as able to give me your highly esteemed advice on several Cases wh will of course occur when we meet. Make I beseech you my best Compliments acceptable to dear Miss Scott & believe me to be

                     Much hond Sir

                                 Your ever affectionate

                                             & most obliged & faithful hume Servt

                                                         P Doddridge

My hume Sere attend all my Hond Friends Messrs [?] & Parminter [?] particular Salutation

Address: To the Revd Mr Scott | in Norwich

Postmark: none

Text: Philip Doddridge Collection, Pitts Library, Special Collections and Archives, Emory University, Box 1, Folder 3.  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).