‘My dear Mr. Rogers,—We have much to condole with each other—I with you on the loss of an old and justly esteemed friend; you with me who have to mourn over a kind relative to whom I have been known and attached for more than seventy years. And we both lose a worthy man and kind-hearted friend, possessed of varied and curious knowledge. But the loss to both of us is softened by the feeling that if his life had been spared, his infirmities would have increased rather than
‘See Early Life of Samuel Rogers, pp. 29, 30. |
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‘Mrs. Maltby joins me in hoping that you have not suffered from this unexpectedly severe winter, and my granddaughter, whom you allowed me to introduce to you from her admiration of your writings, and to whom you were so very kind, desires to add her warmest wishes for your health and happiness to ours.
‘Believe me, my dear Mr. Rogers, most sincerely your affectionate friend,
