RICHARDSON, SAMUEL. Autograph letter signed ("S. Richardson") to [Catherine Linton], in Hertfordshire, [London] October 1760. One page, 8vo, chipped at left edge with loss of a few words and a few letters in others (but this text can be inferred ), a little browned, remnants of mounting on verso. An affectionately playful letter to the daughter of the printer Henry Lintot, (and granddaughter of the printer Bernard Lintot). At this time Catherine Lintot was carrying on the business as a law printer in partnership with Richardson. "I congratulate my self, my Daughter, my Friend, my Partner, on your taking up the Pen in my Favour, after a great deal of Perversity , or shall I say, Femality , in my Disfavour..." He regrets he cannot make the 30-mile journey to visit her: "...Young Ladies can do any thing. Old Men must not forget they are Old Men...Come to us, my Dear, for the rest of the Winter Season, and some one of my other Girls shall return your visit Month for Month at your Command. By Mr. [James] Baileys means, and my Assistance (while I yet live and you on ye Spot) the next Winter may put your Affairs in a Train, that may make you easy for many Seasons. You may finally settle with Mr. Rivington for both Sales ; with your Banker; direct your Attorney; inspect your Partner; and be at hand to indulge every social and polite Taste, and Visiting, that so admirably gladdens your sprightly Heart and Coutenance: (I wish I were able to write with less Pain to my self -- but you see how it is with me: Can you read it?) [referring to his shaky handwriting]...Your Aunts too in Town, [e]xcellent Women, as they are; and yet, if I am not mistaken, a little inno[ce]ntly Roguish, as well as their Niece...I can hold the staggering Pen no longer than [to sa]y, Adieu, my Love...Your true Paternal Friend and Servant..." T.C. Duncan Evans and Ben D. Kimpel, Samuel Richardson: a Biography (Oxford 1971), p. 508 (paraphrasing part of the letter). (Milne)
RICHARDSON, SAMUEL. Autograph letter signed ("S. Richardson") to [Catherine Linton], in Hertfordshire, [London] October 1760. One page, 8vo, chipped at left edge with loss of a few words and a few letters in others (but this text can be inferred ), a little browned, remnants of mounting on verso. An affectionately playful letter to the daughter of the printer Henry Lintot, (and granddaughter of the printer Bernard Lintot). At this time Catherine Lintot was carrying on the business as a law printer in partnership with Richardson. "I congratulate my self, my Daughter, my Friend, my Partner, on your taking up the Pen in my Favour, after a great deal of Perversity , or shall I say, Femality , in my Disfavour..." He regrets he cannot make the 30-mile journey to visit her: "...Young Ladies can do any thing. Old Men must not forget they are Old Men...Come to us, my Dear, for the rest of the Winter Season, and some one of my other Girls shall return your visit Month for Month at your Command. By Mr. [James] Baileys means, and my Assistance (while I yet live and you on ye Spot) the next Winter may put your Affairs in a Train, that may make you easy for many Seasons. You may finally settle with Mr. Rivington for both Sales ; with your Banker; direct your Attorney; inspect your Partner; and be at hand to indulge every social and polite Taste, and Visiting, that so admirably gladdens your sprightly Heart and Coutenance: (I wish I were able to write with less Pain to my self -- but you see how it is with me: Can you read it?) [referring to his shaky handwriting]...Your Aunts too in Town, [e]xcellent Women, as they are; and yet, if I am not mistaken, a little inno[ce]ntly Roguish, as well as their Niece...I can hold the staggering Pen no longer than [to sa]y, Adieu, my Love...Your true Paternal Friend and Servant..." T.C. Duncan Evans and Ben D. Kimpel, Samuel Richardson: a Biography (Oxford 1971), p. 508 (paraphrasing part of the letter). (Milne)
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