Anna Beddoes to Davies Giddy, 22 March 1808

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3.50.32.19.20.31.—20.31.3.27.9.6—31.26.1.31.—

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4.7.—7.11.—20.13.31—12.6.20.3.18.6—26.6.23.

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31.26.3.20. [1]

Endorsement: March the 22^nd 1808

Notes

[1] Your letter / Affected me extremely. / Do you think I / shall be less kind no no / dear(e)st Davies you will / find me doubly kind, the / word love from you / fdushes [sic, flushes] my cheek. / I must stifle that / are far too strong. // Go on sit beside her, often after the first ~~tim[e]~~ kiss all will go on well. // burn / this.
1 a; 2 w; 3 i; 4 g; 5; 6/21 e; 7 o; 8 o; 9 l; 10 v; 11 n; 12 b; 13 i; 14 k; 15; 16; 17 x; 18 d; 19 u; 20 s; 21; 22; 23 r; 24 u; 25; 26 h; 27 f; 28 c; 29 y; 30; 31 t; 32 m; numbers over 35 appear to indicate emphasis (here represented by italics).