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1781-6-
Saturday June 1781
A friend of mine Dr Schwedianer has some notion I understand
of putting people in his country to express hither the fossil Alkali
from thence where it can be had cheap, now at a time
that the price of that from Spain which is what we used to have is
enhanced greatly by the war. In this view he is endeavouring
to come at the prices that are given here by the
manufacturers who make use of it. The soap-boilers I
understand are the principal: it being better for their purpose
than the vegetable: it makes the soap harder it is said.
But he knows no soapboilers in town; not I neither.
Now I happen to recollect that there is a person of that business
who lives either at Chatham or at Rochester: I believe
at Chatham. I forget his name; but I remember well that
by Mr Guy's means I hired a horse of him to wait
upon Mrs D. Miss Guy and poor Mrs Wise the summer
before she died to Coxheath: Mrs D. I am sure
remembers it very well. I remember seeing some of his
vats when I called there with Mr Guy to talk about
the horse. Now who is it that will go for me and examine
and X examine this honest man, and ask him
what he gives for his fossil alkali (upon the supposition
that he uses any) or what it is that people in general give
for nobody wants to pry into the secrets of his particular dealings)
give for it these hard times. It will do him no harm
to
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