Letters of George Borrow to the British and Foreign Bible Society

Name: Letters of George Borrow to the British and Foreign Bible Society
Author: Borrow, George

Borrow, George

Authors, English -- 19th century -- Correspondence; British and Foreign Bible Society; English letters

account, apprehending that he had been shot by the Carlists.  At last I
heard that he was in prison at Villallos, at the distance of three
leagues.  The steps which I took to rescue him you will find detailed in
the communication which I deemed it my duty to transmit to Lord Wm.
Hervey at Madrid, a copy of which, together with the letter of Lopez
which informed me of his situation, I transmit herewith.  After the
rescue of Lopez, I thought it advisable to return to Madrid, more
especially as my stock of Testaments was exhausted, we having in the
course of little more than a fortnight disposed of nearly nine hundred
Testaments--not in populous and wealthy towns but in highways and
villages, not to the spurious Spaniards of Madrid and the coasts, but to
the sun-blackened peasantry of Old Castile, the genuine descendants of
those terrible men who subjugated Mexico and Peru.

My men returned by Pena Cerrada, whilst I, encumbered by two horses,
crossed the Guadarama.  I nearly perished there, having lost my way in
the darkness and tumbled down a precipice.  But I am now in Madrid and,
if not well, trusting in the Lord and defying Satan.  I shall probably be
in England within three weeks.

I remain, Revd. and dear Sir, truly yours,

                                                                     G. B.




To the Rev. A. Brandram


                                        (_Endorsed_: recd. Sept. 28, 1838)
                                                  MADRID, 19 _Sepr._ 1838,
                                                    No. 16 CALLE SANTIAGO.

REVD. AND DEAR SIR,--I write this to inform you that for the last ten
days I have been confined to my bed by a fever.  I am now better, and
hope in a few days to be able to proceed to Saragossa, which is the only
road open.

I bore up against my illness as long as I could, but it became too
powerful for me.  By good fortune I obtained a decent physician, a Dr.
Hacayo, who had studied medicine in England, and aided by him and the
strength of my constitution I got the better of my attack, which however
was a dreadfully severe one.

I hope my next letter will be from Bordeaux.  I cannot write more at
present, for I am very feeble.

I remain, Revd. and dear Sir, truly yours,

                                                                G. BORROW.



Account of Proceedings in the Peninsula


GENTLEMEN OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY--

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account, apprehending that he had been shot by the Carlists.  At last I
heard that he was in prison at Villallos, at the distance of three
leagues.  The steps which I took to rescue him you will find detailed in
the communication which I deemed it my duty to transmit to Lord Wm.
Hervey at Madrid, a copy of which, together with the letter of Lopez
which informed me of his situation, I transmit herewith.  After the
rescue of Lopez, I thought it advisable to return to Madrid, more
especially as my stock of Testaments was exhausted, we having in the
course of little more than a fortnight disposed of nearly nine hundred
Testaments--not in populous and wealthy towns but in highways and
villages, not to the spurious Spaniards of Madrid and the coasts, but to
the sun-blackened peasantry of Old Castile, the genuine descendants of
those terrible men who subjugated Mexico and Peru.

My men returned by Pena Cerrada, whilst I, encumbered by two horses,
crossed the Guadarama.  I nearly perished there, having lost my way in
the darkness and tumbled down a precipice.  But I am now in Madrid and,
if not well, trusting in the Lord and defying Satan.  I shall probably be
in England within three weeks.

I remain, Revd. and dear Sir, truly yours,

                                                                     G. B.




To the Rev. A. Brandram


                                        (_Endorsed_: recd. Sept. 28, 1838)
                                                  MADRID, 19 _Sepr._ 1838,
                                                    No. 16 CALLE SANTIAGO.

REVD. AND DEAR SIR,--I write this to inform you that for the last ten
days I have been confined to my bed by a fever.  I am now better, and
hope in a few days to be able to proceed to Saragossa, which is the only
road open.

I bore up against my illness as long as I could, but it became too
powerful for me.  By good fortune I obtained a decent physician, a Dr.
Hacayo, who had studied medicine in England, and aided by him and the
strength of my constitution I got the better of my attack, which however
was a dreadfully severe one.

I hope my next letter will be from Bordeaux.  I cannot write more at
present, for I am very feeble.

I remain, Revd. and dear Sir, truly yours,

                                                                G. BORROW.



Account of Proceedings in the Peninsula


GENTLEMEN OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY--

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