The Life and Correspondence of Sir Isaac Brock by Ferdinand Brock Tupper
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decrees that the best portion of my life is to be wasted in
inaction in the Canadas, I am rather pleased with the prospect of removing upwards. There is a lady living at Barnet for whom I feel much interested. If you should by chance drive that way, and do not object to form a new acquaintance, I wish you to call upon her. She is the wife of Captain Manners, of the 49th, and the daughter of the celebrated Dr. Rush, of Philadelphia. She has a most amiable disposition and genteel manners. Her sister, Mrs. Ross Cuthbert, a charming little creature, makes her husband--my most intimate friend, and with whom I pass a great part of my leisure hours--a most happy man. I received the other day a long and exceedingly well written letter from Henrietta Tupper--she is really a charming girl. What Maria[25] (Potenger) do you begin to slacken in your attention to your poor devoted uncle? _Brigadier Brock to his brother Irving_. QUEBEC, July 9, 1810. I have a thousand thanks to offer you for the very great attention you have shewn in executing my commissions: the different articles arrived in the very best order, with the exception of the cocked hat, which has not been received--a most distressing circumstance, as, from the enormity of my head[26], I find the utmost difficulty in getting a substitute |
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