Eliza Gould at the Gurneys, Walworth, to Benjamin Flower at Newgate, c/o Mr. Kirby, Old Bailey, Wednesday, 11 September 1799.

My dearest Friend

   I last night read through your very affecting and interesting packet—my feelings I cannot now describe—this hasty note is meerly to request you to give rest to your troubled mind and to answer you of the affectionate regard

                                 of your  Eliza Gould

I will see you soon—if I can to morrow because I have much to say that I think may contribute to your happiness—favor me with a line by return of post—you appeared in so agitated a state of mind when I left you last evening that I feel anxious to hear from you—I shall receive a note (if you write immediately) either this evening or early to morrow morning—adieu—I hope you will view things on the bright side & be happy.

Keene’s Row

Wednesday morng   8 oclock

Text: Timothy Whelan, ed., Politics, Religion, and Romance: The Letters of Benjamin Flower and Eliza Gould, 1794-1808 (Aberystwyth: National Library of Wales, 2008),  p. 103.