From Thomas Beddoes to Davies Giddy   9 October 1807

Dear Giddy

I wish you and your sister wd take the trouble of putting down the circumstances relative to that accident with the penknife, when your sister so inaccountably fainted – the feelings – time between the wound & the syncope – An instance in some of its features similar has occurred at the Greenich prison – only the person to the great astonishment of all, died but not immediately & as was proved by examination after <ye> death, without any wound appearing in the least degree alarming – I am curious to compare the circumstances – Remember me to yr friends I am

Yours always

Thomas Beddoes

9 Oct 1807

Has your sister often fainted besides?

Please cite as “BEDDOES-LETTER-524,” in Ɛpsilon: Thomas Beddoes Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/epsilon-testbed/beddoes/letters/BEDDOES-LETTER-524