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Chatham Wednesday 12 June 1776.

When I was with you this morning I did but half
my errands: I am therefore reduced to the necessity of
setting down in this place to supply the omission in
the midst of half a dozen people men women and
children.; who distract my feeble brain to such a degree
that I cannot help doubting whether I shall be able
to make myself intelligible.

Part of my business to with you was to have begged the
favour of a note which it is in your power to give
as F.R.S. It is in behalf of Mr Nairne, an
eminent Mathematical-Instrument-maker; I believe the
most eminent Mathematical-Instrument-maker we have;
who is to be ballotted for an F tomorrow (that is Thursday)
sennight. I sounded Fordyce, and found that an opposition
was to be made, in which he (Fordyce) is principally seems to be
concerned. engaged. The ground that Fordyce mentioned
for it was a notion that some of them have taken up
that it is not right any artist in that branch should be
a Fellow of the R. S.: that if he were he might procure
an undue advantage to himself in the way of his trade
by stamping his title of F.R.S. upon his instruments.

I shall herewith enclose you an original , which from the subject of it I thought you
might be glad to see. It came to Mr Davis's this very day. The writer of it went out Master of
the , and is now as he says, Lieutenant.

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