Yesterday evening, about six o'clock, it pleased God to take my poor
father out of the World. My situation and that of poor Mrs. Gibbon
will excuse my saying any more on the melancholy occasion, than that
I am and ever shall be,
Dear Sir,
Most truly yours,
E. GIBBON.
85.
_To J. B. Holroyd, Esq._
Beriton, November 18th, 1770.