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it, to an excess — He tells me he has not seen his
father these twelve years, whether he is to be believed
I cannot tell, — He appeared but Shabby, tho'
his
were , and his Breath stank abominably with
Gin, or some other spirituous liquor — I asked him his
age he told me he was 29, & that his Wife was dead
who I had heard was a Common Creature — if he was not weak, &
thereby incorrigible, his father surely shod
yet attempt
to reclaim him; and if he is weak, he is the more
pitiable — Adieu, My Dear Child, till I see you, all
salute you. My paper as you see fails me to say more than
that I am (Compliments to Mr Gray)
Your affectt Father
Jh Bentham
Mr Sam.l Bentham
at Mr Gray's Master Builder,
in his Majesty's Dock-Yard
near Rochester
Kent
Q.S.P. Decr 10h 1773
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