From Thomas Beddoes to Matthew Robinson Boulton   21 January 1800

Dear Sir

Miss Porte a young lady in whom I can promise a most agreeable companion in a postchaise is going to Derby –

Her fathers carriage meets her at Birm^hm – If your departure & that of Mr G Watt suits her time, & you w^d suffer her to be of your party, it w^d be an excellent accommodation for her; & I sh^d feel much obliged to you.

I do not know what to say about Mrs Beddoes
I am y^rs truly

Thomas Beddoes

21 Jan