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LETTERS.

DEAREST TETTY,

AFTER hearing that you are in so much danger, as I apprehend from a hurt in a tendon, I shall be very uneasy till I know that you are re- covered, and beg that you will omit nothing that can contribute to it, nor deny yourself anything that may make confinement less melancholy. You have already suffered more than I can bear to reflect upon, and I hope more than either of us shall suffer again. One part at least I have often flattered myself we shall avoid for the future, our troubles will surely never separate us more. ... I can send you twenty pouns \sic\ more on Monday, which I have received this night ; I beg there- fore that you will more regard my happiness, than to expose yourself to any hazards. I still promise myself many happy years from your tenderness and affection . . .

Of the time which I have spent from thee,

1 By kind permission of Mr. W. R. Smith, owner of the MS.

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