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Boston Franklin Place June 18th 1798 | Boston Franklin Place June 18th 1798 | ||
My Dear Sir | My Dear Sir | ||
| − | While with superior pleasure I acknowledge your | + | While with superior pleasure I acknowledge your many, and repeated favours, I take leave to ask if my Brother's responses |
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to the dispatches of government are not yet received? how he determines | to the dispatches of government are not yet received? how he determines | ||
with respect to his removal? and whether we may indulge a hope of | with respect to his removal? and whether we may indulge a hope of | ||
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Your benevolence will teach you to allow for the feelings of a sister | Your benevolence will teach you to allow for the feelings of a sister | ||
tremblingly alive to every thing which may affect a Brother who | tremblingly alive to every thing which may affect a Brother who | ||
| − | was one of the earliest objects of her attachment, and who hath | + | was one of the earliest objects of her attachment, and who hath continued through life inexplicably dear to her soul. |
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| − | Whenever it may suit Doctor Barton's convenience to | + | Whenever it may suit Doctor Barton's convenience to transmit the amount of the copies of the Gleaner, which he engaged, it will |
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be very acceptable to me. | be very acceptable to me. | ||
A large majority of my subscribers are | A large majority of my subscribers are | ||
| − | astonishingly remiss, and while I am obliged to make punctual | + | astonishingly remiss, and while I am obliged to make punctual payment to my Printers, I cannot but be embarrassed by this circumstance. |
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Addressing Colonel Hodgdon in that character of amity, | Addressing Colonel Hodgdon in that character of amity, | ||