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1785.6.25

My very dear Sir
I crossed myself a thousand times when I saw the
Breastplate. Had you never told me whence it came, I should
have known that it belonged once to the Angel Gabriel. I am
happy that it fell to Earth & happier still that it found the
way to Pewsey. I never saw anything half so resplendent. With it
there came a Magnetic Cristal of Iron of a most peculiar form,
a non descript, which I value highly. Most of the specimens
are numbered & refer to some catalogue. I wish you had copied out
the Inventory; as many of the substances are new to me.

I was much disappointed, in not finding here my amiable
Guest & fear, by the shortness of her stay, that her abode was not

agreeable. I hope solitude was her only objection to this
mansion & wish to persuade myself that my Housekeeper
was not defective in attentions.

Have you seen a book lately published & now on sale at
Rivingtons St Pauls Churchyard & at Taylors 56 Holborn called
Dairying Exemplified by J Warnley? This book professes
to teach the art of cheese making peculiar to every county.
I shall depend upon hearing from you before you quit the
Kingdom.
Ever most sincerely yours
Joseph Townsend

Pewsey 25 June 1785

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Date_1	1785-06-25	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	009	Main Headings
Folio number	012	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	correspondence	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner	joseph townsend	Watermarks	[[watermarks::[motif] l v g]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	caroline vernon
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public	letter 534, vol. 3; also partly printed in bowring, x, 139-40	ID Number	3313
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