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<p>My dear Father</p> | <p>My dear Father</p> | ||
<p>I know not what fatality has hung over our correspondence. | <p>I know not what fatality has hung over our correspondence.<lb/>Two or three days ago D<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Brown communicated to | ||
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Two or three days ago D<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Brown communicated to | |||
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me the letter he received from you through the messenger, M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> | me the letter he received from you through the messenger, M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> | ||
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Major, <gap/> whom I now write. L<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> Lansdown then received | Major, <gap/> whom I now write. L<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> Lansdown then received <lb/> a letter from me dated in Sept.<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> last, and you have | ||
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a letter from me dated in Sept.<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> last, and you have | |||
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received neither of the duplicates which I dispatched from | received neither of the duplicates which I dispatched from | ||
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Mess:<hi rend="superscript">rs</hi> Comyn and Fenton Merchants <del>of</del> <add>at</add> Riga, old acquaintances | Mess:<hi rend="superscript">rs</hi> Comyn and Fenton Merchants <del>of</del> <add>at</add> Riga, old acquaintances | ||
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of Aitons, my <sic>brothers</sic> Gardener, and accompanied by a letter | of <sic>Aitons</sic>, my <sic>brothers</sic> Gardener, and accompanied by a letter | ||
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from Aiton to them, desiring them for greater security to enclose | from Aiton to them, desiring them for greater security to enclose | ||
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upon the breaking up of affairs at Crechoff <add>were to</add> returned to England. | upon the breaking up of affairs at Crechoff <add>were to</add> returned to England. | ||
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The other duplicate was enclosed in a letter to M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> FitzHerbert, | The other duplicate was enclosed in a letter to M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> <sic>FitzHerbert</sic><!-- though it's "Fitz Herbert" (with space) on following page -->, | ||
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and accompanied by two others, one to my Mother, and the other <add>to</add></p> | and accompanied by two others, one to my Mother, and the other <add>to</add></p> | ||
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Berlin Jan:y 9. 1788
My dear Father
I know not what fatality has hung over our correspondence.
Two or three days ago Dr Brown communicated to
me the letter he received from you through the messenger, Mr
Major, whom I now write. Ld Lansdown then received
a letter from me dated in Sept.r last, and you have
received neither of the duplicates which I dispatched from
Crechoff about the same time? One of them went in the very
same enclosure with that to Ld Lansdown. They were sent to
Mess:rs Comyn and Fenton Merchants of at Riga, old acquaintances
of Aitons, my brothers Gardener, and accompanied by a letter
from Aiton to them, desiring them for greater security to enclose
both letters to their London correspondent. They went to Riga
by the two opportunity of two of my Brother's workmen, who
upon the breaking up of affairs at Crechoff were to returned to England.
The other duplicate was enclosed in a letter to Mr FitzHerbert,
and accompanied by two others, one to my Mother, and the other to
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