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quite satisfied that he depends mainly for his 

 bread and butter upon the English Treasury, I 

 said, " Well, do you know this Mr. Hulme?" 

 " No, he had only heard of him." " Then I 

 " do, and I know that he never had any patent, 

 " nor ever asked for one, from the English go* 

 " vernment ; all he has got he has gained by 

 " his own industry and economy, and, so far 

 " from receiving a fortune from that vile go- 

 " vernment, he had nothing to do with it but 

 " to pay and obey, without being allowed to 

 " give a vote for a Member of Parliament or 

 " for any Government Officer. He is now, 

 " thank God, in a country where he cannot be 

 " taxed but by his own consent, and, if he 

 " should succeed in contributing in any degree 

 " to the downfall of the English Government, 

 " and to the improvement of this country, he 

 " will only succeed in doing his duty." This 

 man could be no other than a dependent of 

 that boroughmongering system which has its 

 feelers probing every quarter and corner of the 

 earth. 



966. August 8fA.Return to Philadelphia, 

 after a journey of 72 days. My expences for 

 this journey, including every thing, not except 

 ing the loss sustained by the purchase and sale 

 of my horse, amount to 270 dollars and 70 

 cents. 



