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notice of each article or rather of each subject.</p> | notice of each article or rather of each subject.</p> | ||
<p>Many thanks to your Secretary and d' your eyes. <gap/> your eyes and d—<!-- "and d' your eyes. <gap/> your eyes and d—" one appears to overwrite the other (fainter over bolder?) but I cannot tell which --> | |||
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I hereby accept you as my sole immediate <sic>corresponden</sic><!-- possibly a v. faint final "t" --> | |||
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at least to the exclusion of any other part of the family, and | |||
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henceforth I make no more speeches upon that subject.</p> | |||
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<p>Yes Lehmenn is one of the best of men. He <sic>forgeteth</sic> | |||
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not his friend neither do I forget <del>him</del> mine. | |||
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though I hope by this time if you have seen each other | |||
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that you have <unclear>done</unclear><!-- "dine"? --> with <hi rend="underline">thanks</hi> and all other such forms. | |||
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If he does not do at any time what you <del>wish</del> bid him | |||
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and you wish to punish him for his disobedience you | |||
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have only to remind him of the woman who washed his | |||
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leather breeches at Portsmouth. <del>The composition</del></p> | |||
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<p>The Composition of which the nails are made consist<del>ly</del>s | |||
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chiefly of Copper. There is I believe a little tin with it. | |||
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The <sic>Sheats</sic> themsleves likewise are not of pure Copper. | |||
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I certainly should like to know the exact <del>quantities</del><del>y</del><!-- "quantity" appears to over-write "quantities" (or possibly vice versa) before both are deleted? --> <add>proportions</add> of | |||
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any other metals there may be in the composition, | |||
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but that more as a matter of curiosity than any real | |||
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use, ar at least than any use worth the pains it would cost.</p> | |||
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<p>What a stupid, ignorant, blockhead of a brother I have got, | |||
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not to know the meaning of the Draft & Dimensions | |||
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of a Ship, and having used those words ten thousand <sic>time</sic>. | |||
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& Drawing to draft or draught. Dimensions are dimensions | |||
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now I hope you know, if not no matter provided I have them | |||
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They will not require many <sic>Waggons</sic> to transport them | |||
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and I hope you will send them when send the other | |||
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things. <!-- New para.? -->As to the Journals I leave you to your own | |||
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<hi rend="underline">prudence</hi> & <hi rend="underline">discretion</hi>.</p> | |||
<p>Sunday 26<hi rend="superscript">th</hi>.</p> | |||
It is now almost a whole week that I have not been able | |||
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to set down to continue this letter and now I shall be obliged to | |||
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confine myself almost entirely to Queries & <hi rend="underline">Commands</hi>. But 1<hi rend="superscript">st</hi> a little | |||
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of my journal. Tuesday 21<hi rend="superscript">st</hi> at 10 o Clock The 2 young Medems M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Bull | |||
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& I set out for <del>the</del> Pinau one of the Duke's country palaces. The Duke | |||
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himself was gone the day before. It is about 14 or 15 <add>English</add> miles from Mittau | |||
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we <sic>stopt</sic> at a little public house just before we came there to dress ourselves | |||
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and did not get there till | |||
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S.B. to IB.
Monday 19th Decr. 1779.
1
I now set me down with an intention of answering or rather beginning to answer your
3 letters, taking them in the order of their dates, and taking
notice of each article or rather of each subject.
Many thanks to your Secretary and d' your eyes. your eyes and d—
I hereby accept you as my sole immediate corresponden
at least to the exclusion of any other part of the family, and
henceforth I make no more speeches upon that subject.
2
Yes Lehmenn is one of the best of men. He forgeteth
not his friend neither do I forget him mine.
Thank him if you please, for his letters and further promise,
though I hope by this time if you have seen each other
that you have done with thanks and all other such forms.
If he does not do at any time what you wish bid him
and you wish to punish him for his disobedience you
have only to remind him of the woman who washed his
leather breeches at Portsmouth. The composition
3
The Composition of which the nails are made consistlys
chiefly of Copper. There is I believe a little tin with it.
The Sheats themsleves likewise are not of pure Copper.
I certainly should like to know the exact quantitiesy proportions of
any other metals there may be in the composition,
but that more as a matter of curiosity than any real
use, ar at least than any use worth the pains it would cost.
4
What a stupid, ignorant, blockhead of a brother I have got,
not to know the meaning of the Draft & Dimensions
of a Ship, and having used those words ten thousand time.
How can I explain them? Draft is synonimous to drawing
& Drawing to draft or draught. Dimensions are dimensions
now I hope you know, if not no matter provided I have them
They will not require many Waggons to transport them
and I hope you will send them when send the other
things. As to the Journals I leave you to your own
prudence & discretion.
Sunday 26th.
It is now almost a whole week that I have not been able
to set down to continue this letter and now I shall be obliged to
confine myself almost entirely to Queries & Commands. But 1st a little
of my journal. Tuesday 21st at 10 o Clock The 2 young Medems Mr Bull
& I set out for the Pinau one of the Duke's country palaces. The Duke
himself was gone the day before. It is about 14 or 15 English miles from Mittau
we stopt at a little public house just before we came there to dress ourselves
and did not get there till
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Samuel Bentham |
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