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London 29th Jan’y 7 1820
My dear Sir
I should immediately have / replied to your obliging letter, and have / informed you that it will give me great / pleasure to attend to your request, but / I felt afsured that you would entertain / no doubts on that point. I now / avail myself of a private and hasty / opportunity, merely to say that a friend / is endeavouring to procure the desired / particulars respected Gen’ Oglethorpe; and that I shall confiscate to your use / all the autographs of which I can / make prize. I understand that / Dr Franklins descendant, to you whom you /
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Allude is at present in Paris.
Will you have the goodnefs to present / my cordial regards to our worthy friend / Dr Kollock when you write to him. I shall / never forget my agreeable excursion into / Wales in his society, and in that of your family and friends. It was the more / grateful to me, as that little expedition / occurred at a moment when my mind / was harafsed by many unpleasant / circumstances.
My brother joins in kind remembrances / to Mrs Bolton, and to Miss Jay if at present / of your household : nor do either of us forget / your interesting little family. It is a / satisfaction to both of us to know that Rip / Van Winkle found favour in your sight. / The sending of that vagabond into the world /
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Would was considered something of a / lottery; but he seems to have become / a general favourite.
I am dear Sir
Very sincerely yours
P. Irving
I inclose an autograph of Godwin,
the author of Political Justice, +c : a man
[illegible, paper stuck over] visionary ideas on the subject of
[illegible, paper stuck over] -al duties you must disapprove;
But who seems to have been misguided
rather than ill-intentioned in his eccentric
doctrines.
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[ADDRESS}
Robert Bolton Esq
Care of Mess’r Richardson K Bolton
LiverpoolTranscriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
