458. Letter Mccccxxi.
LETTER MCCCCXXI.
T o Mr. T―― A――ms.
London, August 19, 1769.
My very dear Tommy, TALK not of taking a personal leave. You know my make. Paul could stand a whipping, but not a weeping farewel. My heart and hands are full.
What a letter-night last Thursday evening! a night much to be remembered.
Many thanks for your intended present. In ten days I expect to sail. God bless you and yours! God bless all our never to be forgotten Gloucestershire friends! I can no more. Adieu. Cease not to pray for, my very dear steady old friend, Less than the least of all, G. W.