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Mrs Karlc and licr daughlors went to Alleitnn yesterday and will stay 

 till the fn-st week in January. It is lucky you p(}sti)oncd your Visit. I advise 

 you to come at Miss Wallace's Wedding, which will be an affair of some 

 moment — if jmu have time to write to me from London I shall esteem it a 

 singular favor- but at any rate I hope you will let me hear from you as soon 

 as you get back 



believe me yours sincerely 



TliOS. TAYLOR 

 Jack Martineau was Taylor's cousin, his mother being 

 Sarah Meadows, sister to Margaret Meadows, who was 

 Taylor's mother, both being the daughters of Philip 

 Meadows, Mayor of Norwich in 1734. A brother of Jack 

 Martineau's was Thomas Martineau, who married 

 Elizabeth Rankin and had eight children, among whom 

 were the celebrated Miss Harriet Martineau and the late 

 Dr. James Martineau. 



The Miss Phillips referred to was Anna Maria Phillips, 

 better known to the theatrical and musical world as the 

 beautiful Mrs. Crouch. She was born April 20, 1763, and 

 first appeared on the stage at Drury Lane as Mandane in 

 Arne's "Artaxerxes," in 1780, being then not 17, and at once 

 captivated the audience. Her first appearance on the 

 Liverpool stage was on June 11, 1781, as Polly iii "The 

 Beggar's Opera," and she and her father seem to have 

 had good introductions to Liverpool society. John 

 Kemble was then playing at Liverpool, immediately pre- 

 ceding his engagement in London, and their association 

 there gave rise to an unfounded rumour of marriage. Her 

 father was Peregrine Phillips, who was descended from an 

 ancient family in Wales, the elder branch of which included 

 a long line of baronets, one of whom was made a peer of 

 Ireland in 1776. His mother was a near relative of 

 Charlotte Corday, the assassin of Marat. Peregrine 

 Phillips had a very chequered life. In the early part of his 

 career he resided in North America, and was acquainted 

 with Dr. Benjamin Franklin, being at that time a mer- 



