_Mr. Ryland to Mr. Henry._
QUEBEC, _May_ 1, 1809.
MY DEAR SIR: The news we have received this day from the States
will, I imagine, soon bring you back to us; and if you arrive
at Montreal by the middle of June, I shall probably have the
pleasure of meeting you there, as I am going up with Sir James
and a large suite. The last letters received from you are
to the 13th April. The whole are now transcribing, for the
purpose of being sent home, where they cannot fail of doing you
great credit, and I most certainly hope they may eventually
contribute to your permanent advantage. It is not necessary to
repeat the assurance that no effort within the compass of my
power shall be wanting to this end.
I am cruelly out of spirits at the idea of old England
truckling to such a debased and accursed Government as that of
the United States.
I am greatly obliged to you for the trouble you have taken in
procuring the books, though, if Spain fails, I shall scarcely
have heart to look into them. I can add no more, but that I am,
most heartily and affectionately, yours,