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S^t Hilary
May 13^th 74

My dear Henry

I have some journals of Miss Porter ¹ out of which I could get something & there are a whole set of letters addressed to her by your mother ² which are most entertaining – & some of the replies – The impetuous journey of Aunt Harriet ³ was what saved my mother’s ⁴ Life after the birth of my brother, ⁵ for she was so carefully tended by Aunt Harriet, who found her very ill & every body so wild with joy at the birth of a son & heir, that they forgot the necessary quiet &c

I dont know anything of the Rev^d M^r S^t George – All these Letters of my mothers which I append at the end of my book were addressed to My Miss S^t George & her mother who was Fanny Grady – You ought to have given me a few anecdotes for it is a great amusement to make out their authenticity or otherwise – & to compare & collate – the recollections of everybody are so different – You were at Stinsford ⁶ when I was there & we used to have our dinner in M^rs Carter’s room the house-keeper – I amused myself with peopling the house with folk of the olden time – but you had some other diversion no doubt – I want to see the journal of Miss Frampton which Harriet is going to print⁷ but she does not respond to my request – I am sure there would be little things to correct in it –

Yours aff^ly
Charlotte L Traherne