Letter from Guernsey 23rd August 1823

My Dear Frances,

I have great pleasure in acknowledging your letter of the 29th of last month.

This is all to you at Canterbury presuming by your account that you will be returned to your winter home by the time this will reach you.

The favourable account of your little family and of the recovery of dear Fanny are truly gratifying, I at one time entertained sanguine hope of seeing you all at Canterbury this summer but various circumstances have occur to prevent it, we flatter ourselves however that nothing will happen to thwart the execution of our plan in the course of next spring.

You have heard, I doubt not from various quarters perhaps from the public papers that our dear Louisa was on the 17 of last month happily delivered of a fine girl. She was not ill more than 6 hours and her suffering were not great except during the last. Her two little children are in good health.

She is perfectly recovered and will most probably return to her impatient husband in the course of a week or two.

Mr K has now taken a house or lodging in the country for the months of September and October on the Clapham road about 10 miles from town.

With respect to your enquiries concerning Havilland I have the please to say that he acquits himself from his spiritual function with general applause. He preached his first sermon in French on the 8th June.

(The letter is not signed)