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Q.S.P. 17th May 1779.

My dear Saml

Agreable to yr request I shod have answer'd your last Letter sooner,
tho' I cou'd not do it decisively - but I was willing first to call on
Mr Randal, & have some Conversation with him, upon ye Subject
not with a view of making any thing of him with regard to him
self, but for the Sake of Information with regard to others of the
same Profession he was as friendly & communicative as I cod
expect. he told me there were but four Capital yards, his
own, Wells, Perrys, & another whose name I do not recollect,
but from the account he gave me how they were circumstanced
I cod form no Expectations from them, he said there were two
others, a Mr. Gray & one besides, ye former he said was a
worthy good Sort of man, & whom he shod recommend preferably
to the others - those two last he wod speak to, & let me know
the result; I told Randal fairly your Situation their constancy
and my own in point of Fortune, & that it was not of that
nature, as wod make it practicable for me to advance
money to set you up, any other way, than by if it shod
so happen at any time yt you shod meet with a Person of
good fortune, you might like to marry, I coud & wou'd make a
suitable Settlement, upon such an occasion & such a one
as probably might be agreable — He said he was
afraid, you had not applied sufficiently to the Practic
Part, tho' he had great reason to believe you had a great
deal of the Scientific & Theory — you say, you can see
no Method of Trying Experiments here at home, but I
can't help thinking it possible, for you in Conjunction with
some young Persons old or young of diligence & sobriety to begin in business
at some place upon the River, such as Folkstone &c
and if you cod shew ability, in such a way, it wod
recommend you by degrees unto more & more —

My fears are, that you have got into such a habit or rambling, & shifting
your Quarters from one Place to another since you were out of your
time, at Chatham, that it will be a long time before you will be inclin'd to Settle tho' you mention
"your intention of being concern'd in business for your self one day or

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Date_1	1779-05-17	Marginal Summary Numbering
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