Letter from Cardinal Charles Erskine

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Prome Sept. 23. 1803 I wish, I read had an, that instead of returning home from Davis, you had followed your first thought as coming here, although I cannot but say it was more prevent at that time not to visit on the ground. Your father had made me hope I might have the pleasure and to see your friendship here, and perhaps are shouts not be obliged to come you now on the melancholy even which has taken place. But whoever former, and former seeing, is it in human goodness to prevent what is decredited I am going now to visit by you on the information you ask of me by your letter of the 18th hugh I had seen your father a few days before he returned from London for Albano he had had a fit of the goodness was there to be, but as long as he could get on his feet he went to Albano. Not long after I heard he was sized again with the goodness of moti, where he was used to visit in the hotels house of the day in the month of Janey giving some time at feet as Pantano (the got where Gabin (hood of old) the most unhostesome air of all the large garre of Prome, and there he would now and then sleep laying him had on the table of the large garre he was singing to Albano: I had his news by his lague de Place, who came back wards and forwards, and I went him wards that if he thought I could be of any service I would go out to him: then anoward that the lague brought me back was, that he would of me nothing but to restore him his health if I could. After a few days the lague came to inform me that her friendship was much better, and the pleasure would to me at the same time, that he hoped he was one of Davis, but should yet after I was informed that he was taken very it again, that the good, it was hope de, had flower to his head, and that we were any hopes of life remained. Again that I immediately sent my Anders, Advocat felestian, to Albano with directions to all according to incumbences, and to tell your father, if there was any thing he would communicate to me, or in which he would believe to have against I would immediately go to him. My Anders found him speechless and inseless, remained in the house a day, both an inventory of the few things which were there, and I did not come back until my hope was given over. Four hours after felestian leaving Albano, for Priest Deed, about 10. 3 place in the evening of the 8th Judge On box return I had in me Dictaby, Scale gut to his apartments in Town and took care to have the his effects collected which were rathered here and there, and here been recovered with a good seal of gain, and ref- ficiently. This is all I can say, Madam, about your father's last island, and about his daughter, which I respect he did not believe so near while he was a bit leased. He had our with his bit favorite outside charter Ginnetting a large de Place, his group, and Mr Davis Mr Davis who had gone on a visit and had hopped there I do not know for what guess and air a good we are with his soupie whose straight have wrote to feed Priest h…