Local Notes and Queries: … Notes: … Some Somersetshire Love Letters: Some of the most charming of Somersetshire love letters written at Burton Pynsent. They were written by the Earl of Chatham t his wife. They are not very numerous for the couple were too seldom apart for it to be practicable to write many love letters. The Earl of Chatham wrote to the Countess from Burton Pynsent on April 9th, 1772. “Two long tedious days are over since I saw my love and dear fellow travellers (their two daughters), which cruel separation is sweetened by nothing but the comfortable and promising state of our two delightful boys …. (continues, along with other letters) …
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