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Kenton Saturday Sept 26th
1767
Hon Sir
I arrived here late last night after a sickly passage as
far as Copdock, where I was met by my Cousin's Man with a
very handsome pair of Horses, & found the roads good much beyond
your expectation, owing it seems to the neighbourhood & attention
of two Justices of the Peace, Mr Chevalier & Mr Capper
amongst the passengers of the coach, was one not of the smallest
size, who was going upon a visit to Mr Middleton's, of Crowfield
Hall, where he will no doubt meet with a warm reception: The
Gentleman is no than a fine fat Turtle. I write this in
the morning, & have not yet seen any of the Mickfield Family
but may perhaps before I sent it away, my cousin William being
expected to dinner. Miss Sally Ray is gone upon a visit to Diss: but I
found two other young ladies one of whom is a daughter of one of the
Rays, & the other a Miss Allen sister to a person who married one
of the daughters of Mr Ray of Woodbridge. The great dearth of
all kinds of fruit has extended itself hither as well as every
where else, & the winter was uncommonly severe: the two beautiful
cypresses we so much admired, as well as several other trees, were
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