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For means to enable you to defray this incidental expense I refer 

 you to the 48th Geo. Illrd. Chap. 1. Sec. 40. 



I have the honor to be 

 Sir, 

 Your most obedient humble servant 



N. Coffin 

 Adjnt. Genl. Militia forces. 

 To 



Colonel The Hon. Thomas Talbot 

 an officer commg. 1st Eegt of 

 Middlesex Militia. 



Burwell to Talbot. 



Talbot Eoad (De Fields) 

 Private 10th Augt. 1825. 



My Dear Col. 



De Fields was not indicted, as Dr. Duncombe told me he had heard 

 the Grand Jury did not believe the oath of the Complainant — The old 

 man is not sick as he has given out, but intends no doubt to do mischief 

 with the assistance of the Northern person. 



Mrs. H — . from Fort Erie is now at Thomas in Yarmouth — The ob- 

 ject of her visit is to lay hold of Mr. P — . John Laur the father of 

 the young men who are settled on your Eoad brought her up — I over- 

 took him last evening on his return, & he informed me, positively, that 

 the object of her visit was to secure P — ., but she doéff not know how to 

 come at him — She intends remaining his near neighbor, at 'Thomas for 

 some time in the expectation that she will attract his notice, but in that 

 she may be disappointed as he may not think that she would be dis- 

 posed to marry, when at the same time he might make her proposals if 

 he was aware that she would — I feel for the woman's situation — May 

 be it would be as well for P — . as to go to Ireland — She certainly 

 would not have more than one child more, if she would have any, and I 

 suppose that she would bring 5 or 6 to his House — If under these cir- 

 cumstances you should think that it would not be wicked to further her 

 views how would it be for you to order Smith to send him to make love 

 to her? She is certainly to receive £500 in money at her marriage & 

 that might enable him to do some good in your neighborhood — Her 



Sec. II , 1909. 7. 



