Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1854-03-04
A LADY'S WANTS,

| Elizabeth: the daughter Of Sii John Snen
Gel, who flourished in The middle Of tic siv.
'een'h century, and was known as The erich
| Spencer," married an English noblemep. IN
whom, few years after her marriage, sb,
addressed the following letter
"My Sweet Life,-Now that declared 10
you my mind for the settling Of your estate.
suppose it were best for me 10 be,hink what
allowance were best for me; for. consider.
ing what care ever had Of your estate, and
how respectfully dealt with those which.
both by the law Of God, nature, and civil no.
Icy, Wit religion, government, and honesty.
you, my dear, are bound to, pray and be.
seech you TO gran, 10 me, your kind and lov.
ing wife, the sum of one thousand pounds
per annnm, quarterly TO lie paid
"Also would, besides lha, allowance for
my apparel, have six hundred pounds added,
yearly, Tor the performance of charitable
works; these things would not, neither, be
accountable for.
'A'so, will have three horsrs for my own
saddle, that none may dare 10 lend or tor.
row; none lend but |, none borrw but you.
"Also, would have two eentlewomen.
lest one should be sick; also, believe it
would be and indecent think for a gentlewo-
man to stand humping alone, when God has
blessed their lord and lady with a great
estate.
"AIso, when ride hunting or hawking, or
travel from one house TO another. will have
Them attending, so for each of those said wo.
men must have horse.
"AIso, ! will have six or eight gentlemen.
ana VIII have two coaches one lined with
'el'e' 10 myself, with four very fair horses
aud coach for my women. lined with sweet
o'''n' oe'laid with gold; the other with
scarlet, ana iaId with walche, lace and silver,
with four good horses. Also, will have
two coachmen, one for myself, the other for
my women.
"A'so, whenever travel, will be allowed
not only coaches and spare horses for me
and my women, but such carriages as shall
be filling for all orderly, not pes,ering nv
things with my women's, nor theirs with
ambermaids', nor theirs with washmaids.'
"Also laundresses, when travel will
have them sent away with the carriages to
see all safe and the chambermais shall 20
before with the grooms, that the chambers
may be ready, sweet and clean.
"And formyself besides my yearly allow
aace, would have twenty gowns apparel,
six Of them excellent good ones, eieh, Of
them for the country, and six others of them
excellen, good ones.
"Also, would have 10 phi in my purse
two thousand pounds and two hundred
! pounds, and so you TO pay my debts. Also.
| would have eight thousand pounds 10 buy
the jewels, and The six thousand pound FOR
pearl chain.
"Now, seeing, have been, and am so
reasonable unto you, pray you 10 find
my children appeared, and their schooling,
aud all my servants, men and women, their
wages.
"AlsO, will have all my house furnished.
and all my lodging chambers TO be sniled
with all such furniture as is fit, as beds
stools, chairs, cushions, carpets, silver warm.
g'pans, cupboards of plate, lair hanginas,
&c. lOr my drawing chambers, in all
houses, will have them deicalelv furnished
with haneinss, couch, canopy, cushions, car
pets, sc
"Alsc, my desire that you would nav yot,r
debts, build up Ashley House, aud puy chase
lands, aud lent no money las you love God)
10 Lord Chamberin, which would have ali
perhaps your lie, from you; remember his
son, my Lord Wildan, what entertainments
he gave me when you were At the Tilryard
II you were dead, he said, he woulI be a
husband, father, a b'olhsr, and said he
would marry me. | protest. | grieve to see
the poor old man have SO little vii and han.
es'y to use his friend SO veiy also, he fed
me WIN unlrnlhs concerning the Charler
House but that is the least; he wish, me
much harm-yon know how. God keep Won
and me from him, and such as he ia,
80 now have declared 10 Won nv m ina
what would have, and whai l wonM no,
have ] pray you, when you be EarI, 10 al.
low thousand pounds more than now ds !,
sire, and double attendance
tour loving wife,
"ELIz. ceaPTos -