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your health, and bring you safe and well to the em- 
braces of your most affectionate parents, and the 
bosom of your family ! 
I am, your ever affectionate 
JAMES SMITH. 
Mr. James Edward Smith to his Father. 
Honoured Sir, Kirby Lonsdale, May 23, 1783. 
Your most valuable letter reached me yesterday. 
I cannot sufficiently express my gratitude for the 
sentiments it contains, nor the feelings I experienced 
on reading it. How much soever I may fall short 
of the flattering height of honour and happiness 
which your paternal partiality has set before me, I 
hope, if I can trust my own heart, I shall never be 
deficient in a return of affection and duty to those 
parents in whom I am so peculiarly happy, and to 
whom I am indebted for the foundation of every 
good inclination which it has pleased God to help 
me to cherish. You will by this time have received 
letters from me, and will see I continued to mend 
as fast as possible. Nothing can exceed the at- 
tention and genuine hospitality which I experience 
here. I shall make no visits on my return, for by 
that time every mile will seem ten till I see you 
at Norwich. 
I am, your dutiful Son, 
J. KE. Smiru. 
