_Dean Swift to_ * * * * * * *.
[MS. Addit., Brit. Mus., 12,113. _Orig_.]
Belcamp, Mar. 14th.
Sir,
Riding out this morning to dine here with Mr. Grattan, I saw at his
house the poor lame boy that gives you this: he was a servant to a
plow-man near Lusk, and while he was following the plow, a dog bit him
in the leg, about eleven weeks ago. One Mrs. Price endeavored six weeks
to cure him, but could not, and his Master would maintain him no
longer. Mr. Grattan and I are of opinion that he may be a proper object
to be received into Dr. Stephen's Hospital. The boy tells his story
naturally, and Mr. Grattan and I took pity of him. If you find him
curable, and it be not against the rules of the Hospitall, I hope you
will receive him.
I am, Sir,
Your most humble Servt.
JONATH. SWIFT.