The Creevey Papers
Richard Brinsley Sheridan to Thomas Creevey, [1807?]
“Richmond Hill,
“Monday—the third day of
Peace and Tranquillity.
“You must make my excuse to the Lord Mayor. Pray vouch
that you should have brought me, but my cold is really so bad that I should
infallibly lay myself up if I attempted to go. Here are pure air, quiet and
innocence, and everything that suits me.
“Pray let me caution you not to expose yourself to the
air after Dinner, as I find malicious people
disposed to attribute to wine what was clearly the mere effect of the
atmosphere. My last hour to your Ladies, as I am certainly going to die; till
when, however,
“Yours truly,
Thomas Creevey (1768-1838)
Whig politician aligned with Charles James Fox and Henry Brougham; he was MP for Thetford
(1802-06, 1807-18) Appleby (1820-26) and Downton (1831-32). He was convicted of libel in
1813.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816)
Anglo-Irish playwright, author of
The School for Scandal (1777),
Whig MP and ally of Charles James Fox (1780-1812).
