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hope will always have such an effect upon me as 
the censure of an invaluable benefactor ought to 
have. I am very sensible of the risk you run 
in trusting me at first with an engine by myself, 
but this risk is an additional spur to my assidu- 
ity and vigilance, and whatever be amiss shall be 
owing to want of ability, not of inclination in me 
to do right. 
“T remain, 
** With the greatest respect and gratitude, 
‘* Dear Sir, 
“Your most obliged, obedient, & humble servant, 
“PETER EWART.” 
In this early familiar intercourse, and in the 
deep feelings of mutual regard, to which it natu- 
rally gave birth, was laid the foundation of the 
steady friendship which subsisted between them 
during the whole of Mr. Watt’s subsequent life. 
It was during his connexion with Messrs. Boulton 
and Watt, in 1791, that Mr. Ewart visited Leeds, 
and formed a lasting friendship with another of 
those high-minded men, who are, one by one, 
passing away from among us,—the late Mr. Gott. 
In the year 1792, Mr. Ewart was induced by 
the liberal proposals of Mr. Oldknow to relinquish 
