William Hone to Dr. Charles West, 25 September, 1841 An Electronic Edition William Hone Kyle Grimes

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Transcribed from an image of the original in Wellesley College Library, Special Collections, Last Days of William Hone, f. 24.

 Transcribed from image of Wellesley MS.
William Hone to Dr. Charles West, 25 September, 1841.Wellesley College, Archives and Special Collections, Last Days of William Hone, f. 24. The almost stream-of-consciousness language here — and the lack of periods at the ends of paragraphs — suggests that Hone's mind may have been slipping, despite the self-deprecating humor of the final paragraphs. A "Brighton Chair," incidentally, was an early wheeled chair sometimes referred to as an "invalid carriage." [return] — -TEI-
Tottenham
25 Sept. 1841 My dear Sir

Nothing occurs to me to say to the Committee on Tuesday

I was not aware you had written to Miss Rolleston — She was here in June, & promised £5 for next year, & £5 annually.

I have news of another Translation of Faust, sold by Smith, 1/6

Your Archaisms anon — anon, Sir, with the £2 for Shepherd

Think on David's followers — such are the United Brethren here

I ride in a Brighton Chair, get fatter, more helpless, and more laconic. Mr. Fry came to see me on Sunday.

We have a sort of influenza here which kills suddenly — I miss my Doctor — the voluntary principle, in medicine, is without action.

My dear Sir, I can write no more

William Hone