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children are all provided for— She is afraid that Thomas H— . will sus- 

 pect her object. 



I got through with the Malahide people very well and arrived here 

 a little after dark last night. 



I have the honor to remain 

 My Dear Col 

 Yours very faithfully 



M. BURVS^ELL. 



Hon. Col. Talbot 



&c. &c. &c. 

 P.S. 



I go down today & pay the Militia tomorrow. The Bridge over Otter 

 Creek is planked, but the butments are not made— De Fields will assist 

 the Judge over the creek & the Eoad he informs me is opened to Big 

 Creek. 



M. B. 

 (addressed on the back) 



To 



The Honorable 



Thomas Talbot Esquire 

 &c. &c. &c. 



Port Talbot 



Eev. Alexander Mackintosh ^ to Talbot, 



St. Thomas 18th Augt. 1825. 

 Dear Coll. Talbot. 



Here I am after a month's wandering to and fro. I went as far 

 south as Phila in order to experience effectually the change of diet and 

 climate. They proved beneficial, for that obstinate indigestion under 

 which I so long laboured is removed I hope forever ! I send you herein 



1 Rev. Alex. Mackintosh was the first incumbent of St. Thomas' Church 

 at St. Thomas. He arrived in 1824. The St. Thomas Academy, situated near 

 the southeast corner of Talbot and Stanley Streets, existed for several years. 

 The building was also used for other purposes. Tlie Methodists and Roman 

 Catholics had their services, and the Assizes were held in it. Afterward a 

 new building was erected on the southwest corner of Walnut and Stanley 

 Streets. It is still in existence, removed however to Ann Street. 



