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If she insists on coming to Sussex, while \"I shall never act as your Ennemy, [sic] for, in Truth, I cannot intentionally be so; but you will force me, much against my Will, to cease corresponding with you as a Friend\".\n\nHe concludes \"I should have entertained you with a History of my Excursion, had you not grieved me so sorely, by not giving up the rash Project, that I conjured you to relinquish \u2013 but I hope more mature Consideration will give so kind & generous a Turn to your Conduct, that you will not destroy that Correspondence of reciprocal Kindness & Attention, which I heartily wish to preserve (for our mutual Tranquillity [sic] and Comfort)\".\n\nIn a postscript he writes that Tom is well \"unavoidable Fatigue during my last day in London with a violent Cold on my Return, & the bitter vexation of finding in yr Letter, that you are inclined to oppose & perplex me, have rendered me very feverish, & uncomfortable in my Health: but Jame\u2019s [sic] Powder with Rest & Reflexion will soon, I trust, restore me, especially if I am fortunate enough to make you a Convert to my Ideas --- God bless you\n...\nPray remember me kindly to Mrs Twigge \u2013 I am not well enough to write a cheerful Letter to a Bride at present\"."}]},"identifier":[{"accession_number":"Hayley\/XXI\/10","primary":true,"type":"accession number","value":"Hayley\/XXI\/10"},{"priref":"110005704","type":"priref","value":"110005704"},{"type":"uri","uri":"https:\/\/data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk\/id\/object\/110005704","value":"https:\/\/data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk\/id\/object\/110005704"}],"institutions":[{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"agent-149638","uid":"adlib-agent-149638","uuid":"7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8"},"summary_title":"The Fitzwilliam Museum"}],"lifecycle":{"creation":[{"date":[{"earliest":1792,"latest":1792,"value":"1792-06-15"}],"maker":[{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"agent-198487","uid":"adlib-agent-198487","uuid":"4dbae6db-a725-3bfd-b34e-5d215b1a85e6"},"summary_title":"Hayley, William"}]}]},"measurements":{"dimensions":[{"value":"1 letter"}]},"summary_title":"Hayley\/XXI\/10","title":[{"value":"William Hayley to Eliza Hayley: letter"}],"type":{"base":"object","type":"OBJECT"}}