The Cotman Collection | 118

The Cotman Letters 1804-1833

Archive: SDK Sydney Decimus Kitson Archive
Reference Number: SDK/1/3/1/2
Page: 118

  • Description

    cont'd Miles Edmund Cotman in shock. 22 July 1826.

    Letter from John Sell Cotman to Dawson Turner 22 July 1826.

    Date: 22/07/1826

  • Transcription

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    [22.7.26]
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    children- this lasted for some hours !!!!
    Our measure is so full of bitterness that I believe we should one and all be content to lay down to sleep for ever. I could embreace that hour with thanksgiving & prayer, and call it, the greatest blessing that could now befall us. Adversity loosens the ties to earth & forces us to think on him, who in hours of happiness we may have too much neglected. If so, this chastisement is to be considered a blessing and a mercy - however bitter it may now seem to us.
    I am, Sir, respectfully J. S. Cotman.

cont'd Miles Edmund Cotman in shock. 22 July 1826.