R to B Feb. (B, VI, 77-84);
B to R 5 March (FM, XI, f. 21).
Though Eaves and Kimpel refer to Richardson's Feb. letter as a
[Feb.-March] letter, a March dating is unlikely because the letter answers
Lady Bradshaigh's of 9 Feb. and because Lady Bradshaigh then answers it
in B, VI, 42-45 and then writes Richardson again on 5 March. Had
Richardson's letter been written even on 1 March, there would not have
been time for it to have been received by Lady Bradshaigh, answered by
her, and then followed by another letter from her on 5 March. It generally
took about seven days for their letters to arrive; therefore, a March dating
on B, VI, 77-84 is not possible.
Lady Bradshaigh's letter of 5 March requests the first installment of
Grandison. Richardson must already have sent it because it
arrived between 5 and 14 March. Lady Bradshaigh's letter of 17 March
thanks Richardson for it, which she found when she returned home "on
Thursday last," which would have been 14 March.
