File 2883. - Mic[hael] Broughton from Kington, to Nicholas Williams, ESQ., at Rydodwyn,

Humble service to the recipient and Mrs. Williams, with all due thanks for civilities. Be pleased to excuse the incivility of 'your' messenger in not calling for an answer of 'your' letter, and so 'you' will the better accept of 'my' apology, in not returning you an expected answer. He once had some thoughts of sending the recipient an answer by another messenger, sav that 'I' saw a letter of Mr. Walter Vaughan to 'our' schoolmaster Mr. Griffiths, desiring 'him' to table 'your' children, and to know 'his' resolution therein, which the writer believes are this the recipient has known. The writer confesses ingeniously the very best person he (the writer) had thoughts on, as only fit and convenient to table them, was 'him you designed theyr mastre', and he was glad to see Mr. Vaughan (and the recipient, he thought) consent in the same which? 'I' had formerly proposed to Mr. Griffiths and thought to propose to 'you'. But how the recipient's affections are now bent, he knows not; he may in part conjecture the cause of altering 'your' intentions, if any so be. The writer does as little as ever he may intermeddle with occasions little or nothing concerning himself. He does not know any so good a place near the school which he would commend to the recipient for the latter's children - they are tender and little, and the way from the town to the school far and foul in winter. He could heartily wish his (the writer's) habitation were nearer the church and school than it is for his own two little sons' sake, both which are but young, the one ten years' old and the other six. Yet he makes them some time to be carried on horseback to and from school, as occasion requires. His house is from the school a little half mile; there is a foot-way through the fields and a horse-way through town to school, both long and sometimes foul. This inconvenience excepted, the writer could desire he were able with convenience to accommodate the recipient's children as befits them. He will enquire out some place nearer than the town, if the recipient's desires be not to Mr. Griffiths, and when 'you' please to write 'me' 'your' mind, 'I' shall without fail speedily answer 'you'. In the interim, hearty salutations to the recipient, and good Mrs. Williams, with humble service to 'your' good mother Lady Lloyd. P.S. Some thought the writer has of a place or two, but how to propose to them or how to act, as may content you, and especially the little ones, he will be exceedingly careful. To answer the recipient fully he has been too tedious. Whether 'you' write first or come with 'your' children, they shall not want a place of conveniancy, if either myself or the town can afford it. More cannot be said.