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Wedn.y Aug. 26 1778. Linc. Inn.

I read thy letters, my dear Sam, as thou mayst imagine,
with my mouth open, staring with astonishment.
Thou wert born surely under some lucky constellation, thus
to prejudice such multitudes of people in thy favour.
There's thy poor dear Brother who is almost as good-humoured,
and quite as honest, and has three times as much
to say for himself, and who though he does look a little
like a pickpocket does not look more so than many others
who succeed better, might go to the Devil and back again
before he would find a tenth part of the friends that thou
hast done in the same time. What a friendly open-hearted
set of people these seafaring people are!

Agreeably to your honour's commands I shall write
to you in future as I do now under cover to Mr Lloyd;
which I shall always get franked.

I met Lind just now and shew'd him both your
letters — he expressed himself highly pleased with your spirit
and good fortune. He had just been with Jackson
of the Admiralty; with whom he says he is on a very
good footing; and from whom he offers to get you letters
to any body at Plymouth or in short any where else
that you have a mind.

It's a monstrous deal of trouble we are to give to
Mr Lloyd. I have written him a prodigious wonderful
fine letter to thank him for it, and to beg him to give him me
some tiding if he can about a parcel (containing your wastecoat) and a letter
both which I sent to you on yesterday sennight the 18th.
The let parcel by one of the Plymouth Coaches that set out from the
Friday Street Cheapside: Peg sent it backed the letter by the post. But I send
you had not received them the 22d. They were both directed
to

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Date_1	1778-08-27	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	538	Main Headings
Folio number	225	Info in main headings field
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Penner	Jeremy Bentham	Watermarks
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