Thomas Pennant to John Lloyd, Caerwys

6 January 1778

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Dear Sir

I give you many thanks for yr kind labor in correcting the welsh of my Tour; & hope you approve the tenor of my ramble. I think you will find Glyndwr’s life tolerably worked up.1 I am sure it cost me labor sufficient. I am just at the end of my journey which I fancy you will rejoice at. The best wishes of the season attend you: I am

Dear Sir
Yr most obedt humble Servt.

Tho. Pennant

Downing, 6: Janry 78 –––––

Editorial notes
1. Pennant's account of the life of Owain Glyndwr appears in A tour in Wales 1770 [1773] (1778), I, pp. 302–69. For a discussion see Dafydd Johnston, 'Shaping a heroic life: Thomas Pennant on Owen Glyndwr', in Constantine and Leask (eds.), Enlightenment Travel and British Identities, pp. 105–22.