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I can only thank in as few words as possible for your very
friendly letter - I had no right to expect such attention on your
part; the obligation is therefore the greater - You are the only
person who sends me any Chit-Chat. God bless you for the charitable
act - you are a special good Christian. Accept a
parcel of print for your Manuscript - 'tis a poor return; but
'tis the best I am at present able to make. The account of the
expedition for destroying the magazine at Peek's hill, about forty
miles above New York on Hudson's River, is I believe a pretty
just one; nor do I think what you will find said of the mortality
in the Rebel army much exaggerated. When you have
read these papers, send them by the Coach to Chatham - I
shall send you others by every convenient opportunity; and
when any thing of consequence happens I will endeavour to give
you some account of it.
Compts. to Q.S.P.
adieu
J.D.

New York
1 April 1777.

Tis thought the Rebels will-make a shabby figure the
ensuing Campaign. Some people offer to lay odds that they will not
even keep the field: But I am not one of those. The Country people
come in with their arms and enlist in the new raised Corps very
fast of late — Send the inclosed Lres to the Penny Post office.

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Date_1	1777-05-08	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	538	Main Headings
Folio number	122	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	Correspondence	Number of Pages
Recto/Verso		Page Numbering
Penner	Jeremy Bentham	Watermarks
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