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1785.6.25

My very dear Sir
I crossed myself a thousand times when I saw the Breastplate. Had you never told me whence it came, I should have known that it belonged once to the Angel Gabriel. I am happy that it fell to Earth & happier still that it found the way to Pewsey. I never saw anything half so resplendent. With it there came a Magnetic Cristal of Iron of a most peculiar form, a non descript, which I value highly. Most of the specimens are numbered & refer to some catalogue. I wish you had copied out the Inventory; as many of the substances are new to me.
I was much disappointed, in not finding here my amiable Guest & fear, by the shortness of her stay, that her abode was not agreeable. I hope solitude was her only objection to this mansion & wish to persuade myself that my Housekeeper was not defective in attentions.
Have you seen a book lately published & now on sale at Rivingtons St Pauls Churchyard & at Taylors 56 Holborn called Dairying Exemplified by J Warnley? This book professes to teach the art of cheese making peculiar to every county. I shall depend upon hearing from you before you quit the Kingdom. Ever most sincerely yours
Joseph Townsend
Pewsey 25 June 1785

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Date_1	1785-06-25	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	009	Main Headings
Folio number	012	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	correspondence	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner	joseph townsend	Watermarks	[[watermarks::[motif] l v g]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	caroline vernon
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public	letter 534, vol. 3; also partly printed in bowring, x, 139-40	ID Number	3313
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