Marriage proposal and reply thru letters set in regency england showing values of society

15th November, 1815
Dear Miss Marble,
I would like to express my sincere gratitude for your last letter, and indeed for all the letters I have received from you in the past months. I can not express how much your correspondence has come to mean to me and all the numerous occasions your letters have brightened my dreary evenings away from Hartford.
I am sure by now you are aware of our victory at Waterloo; it was a magnificent moment and a privilege to be present on the battlefield to witness the defeat of our French foe! Our success was well deserved. I have been fortunate enough to be p…