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' | <p>so kind to mention, when he will do me the honour<lb/>to call on me upon my return to Town; and I am thankful<lb/>to your Lordship for suggesting to me the use his information<lb/>might be of to me respecting my Second Son; but I<lb/>had the Satisfaction of receiving Letters from him & his<lb/>Brother, about Six Weeks ago, that convince me the<lb/>former is now in a situation and under circumstances<lb/>that cannot well fail of making his fortune in a few<lb/>years. P. P. has not only made over to him the property<lb/>of a number of Fabrics together with the Buildings and<lb/>all sorts of materials belonging thereto for his (my son's) <lb/>own use and account but likewise a large sum of<lb/>money the amount of several thousand Pounds Sterling<lb/>which he is making use of to his advantage in several<lb/>Articles of Commerce, besides his Fabrics far beyond<lb/>what any one, merely as a Merchant, could do, since<lb/> he has above a hundred horses he can employ with<lb/>no <sic>expence</sic> to himself in keeping, and also a number<lb/>of hands for Clerks and Agents among the officers &<lb/>men of his <sic>Battallion</sic> under his Command that he<lb/>can employ likewise with as little <sic>Expence</sic> or next<lb/>to none. If these, my good Lord! are not Proofs<lb/>and the most unequivocal Proofs of esteem and regard,<lb/>It must be difficult to distinguish facts from mere<lb/>professions; the latter, indeed, I have lived too long in<lb/>the world to place much dependence upon, I should</p> | ||
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so kind to mention, when he will do me the honour
to call on me upon my return to Town; and I am thankful
to your Lordship for suggesting to me the use his information
might be of to me respecting my Second Son; but I
had the Satisfaction of receiving Letters from him & his
Brother, about Six Weeks ago, that convince me the
former is now in a situation and under circumstances
that cannot well fail of making his fortune in a few
years. P. P. has not only made over to him the property
of a number of Fabrics together with the Buildings and
all sorts of materials belonging thereto for his (my son's)
own use and account but likewise a large sum of
money the amount of several thousand Pounds Sterling
which he is making use of to his advantage in several
Articles of Commerce, besides his Fabrics far beyond
what any one, merely as a Merchant, could do, since
he has above a hundred horses he can employ with
no expence to himself in keeping, and also a number
of hands for Clerks and Agents among the officers &
men of his Battallion under his Command that he
can employ likewise with as little Expence or next
to none. If these, my good Lord! are not Proofs
and the most unequivocal Proofs of esteem and regard,
It must be difficult to distinguish facts from mere
professions; the latter, indeed, I have lived too long in
the world to place much dependence upon, I should
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