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Leigh Hunt letter to Marianne Hunt, May 15, 1813

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Title	Leigh Hunt letter to Marianne Hunt, May 15, 1813
Creator	Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859
Date Original	1813-05-15
Description	Concerning the weather and his poor health; his lack of company lately due to Mitchell and Barnes being occupied; anticipated company for dinner; missing Marianne and Thornton; an article he is writing.
Note	Part of a series of 33 autograph letters exchanged between Leigh (in Surrey jail, Southwark) and Marianne Hunt (in Brighton) during Leigh Hunt's imprisonment for libel.
Personal Name Subject	Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859 Hunt, Marianne Kent, 1788-1857
Geographic Subject	England -- London -- Southwark
Chronological Subject	1810-1820
Type (DCMIType)	Text
Type (AAT)	Correspondence
Type (IMT)	jpeg
Digital Collection	Leigh Hunt Letters
Contributing Institution	University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept.
Archival Collection	Brewer-Leigh Hunt Collection
Collection Guide	http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/resources/Brewer-LeighHunt.html
Location	bound MsL H94hum5 leaf 25 (one of 33 letters in MsL H94hum5)
Rights Management	Educational use only, no other permissions given. This letter is owned by The University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections Department, and is provided here for educational purposes. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the Special Collections Department.
Contact Information	Contact the University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections Department: lib-spec@uiowa.edu
Height (cm)	22.7
Width (cm)	18.7
Number of Pages	4
Number of Sheets of Paper	1
Digitization Specifications	Scanned with Ricoh Aficio 2335 scanner at 400 ppi, 24-bit color. Archival tiff image available.
Date Digital	2009-03-25
Transcript	Surrey Jail—May 15th. 1813. My dearest girl , The weather has not been very good for me to day,-- raining & blowing indeed extremely hard, & making one feel very chill & comfortless, but I eat with a little more ease, & the burning sensation in my head is not so powerful. A letter from you would have been a gleam of sunshine to me, -- but no more on that subject, or I could make you a little sorry, I think , for being revengeful to one under my circumstances.-- I have not had much company altogether since you have been away; Mitchell & Barnes have been a good deal engaged, against their wills; but Henry, as well as Bess, is with me still, & reads Phaedrus to me in the morning. This evening however I shall be almost overwhelmed;--Bess, the Miss Hunters, Virtue, Mitchell & Barnes are now sitting at table over their wine, & to these at teatime will be added Alsager, Mr, Scott, Barron & Miss Field, so that we shall have some music, which always does me service. Mrs. Hunter & Nancy were to have been with us, but they find it rather to far to come often, & are going instead to Mrs. Webbe's. Tomorrow Marriott will spend the day with us, & perhaps my brother Robert, & after this I may be alone--comparatively speaking-- till Thursday, [page break] which, thank God, is the end of one month of your absence,—half the time. Ah, Marianne, you know not half the passionate fondness I have for you & my children, if you imagine I can cease to think of you even for a quarter of an hour. The first thing I think when I /get up/ wake in the morning is that I have not your dear face to kiss & Thornton's peeping at me over the crib; —I then miss you at the breakfast making, though Bess is as kind & attentive as she can be;—then I haven't you about me while I write,—I can never take Thornton up in my arms for a kiss or a walk,—you are all away at dinner,— at tea,—at supper,—& when bed-time comes, I am glad to close my eyes in forgetfulness. If I have not dwelt upon these things more in my letters to you, it is because I feel them with an acuteness which I would not willingly describe [to you].--But I shall be making you dull, & I do not wish to do so, my love. I was anxious to write to you this evening, in order that you might not feel too heavily the distance of time before you yourself could write. Pray be particular, when you do, about Thornton's bathing. The evening has cleared up, & I have a promise of more agreeable feelings about me,— but when,— when will arrive next Thursday four weeks !. I long to fold you in my arms, to hear you asking forgiveness for thinking unkindly of me even for a moment, & to kiss you into security and [page break] happiness. I think I shall make a pillow of your bosom all night, & not rise till ten the next morning.—My time, my love,—not my will, be assured,— calls me away. I have been much hurried to day owing to the lateness of the papers, but managed to get done as usual yesterday afternoon with my first article. I know you will like to hear this. I believe I astonish the people at the Examiner office, but with all their astonishment & their satisfaction they do not know what it costs me. However I have hitherto borne up, thank Heaven and as long as you do not reproach me, & my own heart does not reproach me (for that, indeed, I can bear as little) I shall do very well, & hope yet to see the day when we shall all be enjoying each other's society again, in health, in smiles, & in freedom . Ever your affectionate husband , Leigh Hunt. [page berak] Mrs. Leigh Hunt, at Mr. Akehurst's, Sadler, Saint James's Street, Brighton.
Transcript By	Brewer, Luther
Transcript Location	University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept.

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Relation - Is Part Of	Leigh Hunt letter to Marianne Hunt, May 15, 1813
Digital Collection	Leigh Hunt Letters
File Name	h94hum5-25_Page1.jpg
Transcript	Surrey Jail-May 15th. 1813. My dearest girl, The weather has not been very good for me to day,-- raining & blowing indeed extremely hard, & making one feel very chill & comfortless, but I eat with a little more ease, & the burning sensation in my head is not so powerful. A letter from you would have been a gleam of sunshine to me, -- but no more on that subject, or I could make you a little sorry, I think , for being revengeful to one under my circumstances.-- I have not had much company altogether since you have been away; Mitchell & Barnes have been a good deal engaged, against their wills; but Henry, as well as Bess, is with me still, & reads Phaedrus to me in the morning. This evening however I shall be almost overwhelmed;--Bess, the Miss Hunters, Virtue, Mitchell & Barnes are now sitting at table over their wine, & to these at teatime will be added Alsager, Mr, Scott, Barron & Miss Field, so that we shall have some music, which always does me service. Mrs. Hunter & Nancy were to have been with us, but they find it rather to far to come often, & are going instead to Mrs. Webbe's. Tomorrow Marriott will spend the day with us, & perhaps my brother Robert, & after this I may be alone--comparatively speaking-- till Thursday,

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