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[To] Mr [Thomas] Butts, Gt Marlborough Street
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near Oxford Street, London
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[Postmark: Sep 23 1800]
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Dear Friend of My Angels
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We are safe arrived at our Cottage without accident or
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hindrance tho it was between Eleven & Twelve OClock at night
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before we could get home, owing to the necessary shifting of our
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boxes & portfolios from one Chaise to another. We had Seven
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different Chaises & as many different drivers. All upon the road
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was chearfulness & welcome tho our luggage was very heavy there
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was no grumbling at all. We traveld thro a most beautiful
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country on a most glorious day. Our Cottage is more beautiful
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than I thought it also more convenient. for tho Small it is
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well proportiond & if I should ever build a Palace it would be
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only My Cottage Enlarged. Please to tell Mr Butts that we have
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dedicated a Chamber to her Service & that it has a very fine view
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Of the Sea. Mr Hayley recievd me with his usual brotherly
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affection. My Wife & Sister are both very well & courting
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Neptune for an Embrace, whose terrors this morning made them
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afraid but whose mildness is often Equal to his terrors The
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Villagers of Felpham are not meer Rustics they are polite &
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modest. Meat is cheaper than in London but the sweet air & the
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voices of winds trees & birds & the odours of the happy ground
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makes it a dwelling for immortals. Work will go on here with God
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speed--. A roller & two harrows lie before my window. I met a
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plow on my first going out at my gate the first morning after my
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arrival & the Plowboy said to the Plowman. "Father The Gate is
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Open"--I have begun to Work & find that I can work with greater
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pleasure than ever. Hope soon to give you a proof that Felpham
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is propitious to the Arts.
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God bless you. I shall wish for you on Tuesday Evening as
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usual. Pray give My & My wife & sisters love & respects to
Mr.
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Butts, accept them yourself & believe me for ever
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Your affectionate & obliged Friend
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WILLIAM BLAKE
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My Sister will be in town in a week & bring with her your account
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& whatever else I can finish. Direct to Mr Blake: Felpham
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near Chichester, Sussex
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