I am, dear Prue a little in Drink but at all times
Yr Faithfull Husband

Richard Steele (1672–1729) Anglo-Irish writer, journalist, playwright, politician
Letter (1708-09-27) to Mary “Prue” Scurlock Steele
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Over the course of his courting of and marriage (1707) to his second wife, whom he nicknamed "Prue," Steele wrote her more than 400 letters.