Dear Giddy
Here is the paper, to which you will please to give a direction & title, if necessary
Tom came home flourishing & much improved –
All the rest tolerable, little Anna says next time you come hither you must not rub her with your beard
yrs truly
T.B.
12 Oct 1808
Please cite as “BEDDOES-LETTER-576,” in Ɛpsilon: Thomas Beddoes Collection accessed on