Robert Keen, letter, to Nathaniel Whitaker, 1767 November 30
ms-number767630.4
abstractKeen reports on Occom’s illness and return to London, and encourages Whitaker to continue the rest of the tour alone.
handwritingHandwriting is formal, clear and legible. The trailer appears to be in Whitaker's hand.
paperMedium-sized sheet is in good-to-fair condition, with light-to-moderate staining, creasing and wear that results in a minor loss of text.
inkBrown-black.
signatureThe signature is abbreviated.
noteworthyThere are ink spots sprinkled throughout that are easily confused with punctuation.
EventsFundraising Tour of Great Britain
I reced yours of ye
28th
Inst
encloseing 2 Bank bills of £20 each & a Bill on Thos Cloake 10 days after date £42 Total valu in ye above letter. £82 with the Accots to Tendtertden
to all which I shall acknowledge To‐ ‐morrows post —
— I was surpriz'd to see M:r Occom on Wednesday last when as I told him you were to meet
him ye next day at Tunbridge wells
— he said he had left word for you; but I find you were not acquainted withit — I askd him how he came not to meet you at Tunbridge
wells
& then have come to
London — he said he found himself very
poorly & had a fever on him then — — he went pretty early to Bed & as D:r Sparks
& I din'd with Mr Whitefield he came whilst we were there about 2 o'Clock
—Dr Sparks sent him something to take & some sack whey was made him & he lay in his old lodging — I saw him on Saturday & he look'd pretty well in the parlour below — he made an engagement to come
about 5 o'Clock this afternoon to my house to drink Tea & Sup with us & go home about ½ after 9 —I've just now sent to know how he
does & why he did not come? my Lad brings me word he was but poorly but thinks he
shall be better on ye morrow & will then come & dine with me — — if he had been here to night he should have wrote you a letter himself or a part in this — if he
should be better I thought he should meet you at least on Friday Evening at
Canterbury — but if you can pursue ye 2 weeks
[left]From mr Keen
Nov.r 30.1767
Rout you mention ^without him,^ do … and then come
yourself to London — perhaps you can
do it as well without him & it will be a pity to miſs any places that you can accomplish in that time — you and I must
bear the burden & I dare say have had more of it to our share then all the rest put them
altogether — but it is for God, & the pleasur[gap: worn_edge][guess: e] we have had to see the cause prosper has greatly overballanc'd all our trouble & fatigue — your friends here will be glad to see you at ye end of this Tour —as it will be then 9 months since you left londo[gap: worn_edge][guess: n]
it has pleas'd God to remove by death which I suppose you hav[gap: worn_edge][guess: e] heard before now Vizt
S:r
Charles Hotham — all the others are
pure well, met together last week and are quite harmonious — neve[gap: worn_edge][guess: r] any one disagreed or Jarr'd with another — tho'
Mr Robarts said he heard otherwise at Bristol — Remember me kindly to
Mr Bradbury
&
his Lady — we often remember them at
Mr Wests where we are to be To Morrow Evening — dear Mr Brewer is to be at our Annual meeting at the Kings head in ye
poultry and our worthy friend Mr Whitefield is to meet them in his room — I shall send my
Money to ye
Kings head but propose to be at Mr Wests — Mr Brewer may perhaps get time enough to conclude with prayer
— let me hear from you as often as convenient & believe me to be dr
Sr
y.rs in the best bonds
Robt Keen
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