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[Earl Cornwallis to Dr. Webster.]
Dear Sir, Wilmington, April 23, 1781.
It gives me great concern to undertake a task which is not only a bitter renewal of my own grief, but must be a violent shock to an affectionate parent.
You have for your support the assistance of religion, good sense and an experience of the uncertainty of all human enjoyment You have for your satisfaction, that your son fell nobly in the cause of his country, honoured and lamented by his fellow-soldiers ; that he led a life of honour and virtue, which must secure to him everlasting happiness. When the keen sensibility of the passions begins a little to subside, these considerations will afford you real comfort.
That the Almighty may give you fortitude to bear this severest of trials, is the earnest wish of your companion in affliction, and most faithful servant,
- Charles Cornwallis
- Source:
- Correspondence of Charles, first Marquis Cornwallis, Vol I, Charles Ross, Esq., London, 1859
