Unidad documental simple 18 - Anecdote concerning Princess Sophia Meshchersky and Robert Pinkerton, with copy of letter from the Princess

2 folded sheets.

In unknown hand. The anecdote relates how Princess 'Mintichinsey' [sic], when Dr Pinkerton was using the Bible to teach her children English, gradually drew nearer to listen and commented 'that she had never understood before that the Scriptures were a revelation from Heaven'.

The letter copied out is said to be written by her 'to a friend in the country who had sent her a present of Hannah More's works'. She is late in replying because of Dr Pinkerton's return; sees from the letter that her friend knows him, so will understand 'the joy of again seeing a beloved Friend', though this word 'does not fully express what he is to me'; cites several Biblical analogies and ends 'In a word what in so many instances the Apostles of our Lord were to the lost sinners'. Notes that in the 'wicked world' 'the higher we are the more we are surrounded by corruption, the more exposed to temptation'. Further religious thoughts.