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Sanctum-Sanctorum, it seems in his time. He seemed to look upon the
King's service as an unpromising track, from the slowness of promotion
and the indispensability of attendance: But then he has a notion that I remember in other
it would be nothing to my father to advance £3, or 4000 to set you
up in the business. Randal worked along side a month or six weeks
himself, and whether for that or for what other reason he seems
to think it will be expedient at least if not necessary for you.
The stem or the stern he recommends in such case, as the part
from whom the on which will afford the greatest variety of instruction. He
says that in a month or two Mr. P and you will come acquainted
and then every thing will be easy. What say you? It will be more
improving than copying draughts, and for the sake of having it to talk of
it may perhaps be worth the while. It will would answer to you
likewise in point of health.
My father offers to go down to talk with Pownel, or to go to
Mr Marsh, or to go to Lord Sandwich, but he says he does not with respect to the both
know what plea to urge to them. Certainly none, that regard, the
King's against your doing work while you are receiving pay.
But these considerations seem never to enter into their heads.
To keep fair with the Navy-board, the best way I think would
be, if any application for indulgence is to be made, for my Father
to wait first on Mr Marsh or Sir John Williams or both:
and ask them whether the Board could grant it, if not o whether they
would have any objection to application being made to the higher
powers.
My Father is satisfied you could have every indulgence from
Philips of Woolwich; but then the parting from Davis strikes
him as a probably objection, and one that you would not be likely to
get over.
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Tuesday April 11th
Dined today at Q.S.P. My Father told me he had written
you a letter of 5 or 6 pages. I read to him all the readable part
of your last to me. He hit upon an expedient which seems to me
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