Anna Beddoes to Davies Giddy, 24 January 1804 (copy)
Jany 24th [1]
I was speaking of the pictures I had seen at Oxford – he said I ought to see some fine ones now in London – Oh said I they will go to London perhaps – perhaps if you would go up to them they would take you with them [2]
Notes
[1] This date may have been added by Giddy, rather than having formed part of Anna’s original note.
[2] This note survives as a fair copy in Giddy’s hand. It is written on a sheet on which Giddy had copied a series of similarly short notes dated 24 Jan 1804, evening of the 24 Jan 1804, 25 Jan 1805, 26 Jan 1804, 30 Jan 1804, 31 Jan 1804 (two notes), 1 Feb 1804, 7 Feb 1808. Towards the end of this document Giddy writes ‘The originals of these notes were some written in Ink others with Pencil on bits of paper & are all burnt — ʼ.