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Conveniences, & Mr. Burgh so far fits You, that he seems fondest 

 of his Kitchen Garden. I wish You could be wth Me next 

 Sunday, for You might assist me at a Sacrament this hot 

 weather. I have more to tell You about all of us than comes 

 within the Compass of a Letter. Come & hear. With my best 

 wishes for your good Father, Yourself, &c.: 



I am, Dear Gil, Afiftely Yours, 



J. MULSO. 



Letter 47. 



Hampton, 

 . July 23, 1754. 

 Dear Gil : 



It is impossible to tell you how many trifling things have 

 prevented my answering your Kind Letter, & thanking You for 

 your Company : Serious Things have likewise had a Share, but 

 None of absolute Moment. I have not been busy in disposing of 

 the Monies which might have been expected from Mrs. Fuller by 

 the Flatteries of Other People, tho' not from any Promises of her 

 own. By all Accounts She has made a very judicious & generous 

 Distribution of her worldly Goods, having bequeathed Mony to 

 several Hospitals in large Proportions, & having endowed a large 

 Family of ten People who were somehow related to Her with 

 5 hundred Pounds apiece. All the Particulars of her Will we 

 do not know. But if She did not remember Miss Young in the 

 way we could have wished. She did not entirely forget her : 

 Knowing that Mr Matthews had equipped her wth all Parts of 

 a Tea Equipage but a Tea Chest, She has left her her own : It is 

 Japan, with Hinges, Lock, Feet & Canisters of Silver, ye last 

 highly wrought, & is worth above 20 Guineas. It is not come 

 Home yet, but Mrs Matthews mentioned it to Missy Herself, in 

 a very short & cross way, and after a Fortnight had passed from 

 Mrs. Fuller's Funeral. So the Damoiselle (who thanks You for 

 the Compliment You pay her) is still a Favourite of Fortune. 



But what will You say to your poor Friend, who tho' but a 

 Bishop's Nephew, has been burnt in EflQgy like a Pope ? It is 

 really fact that I have the Credit of this Martyrdom. It was by 

 Desire that I preached here at Hampton the Sunday before last : 

 and I put in my Pocket a Sermon agst Drunkenness : The 

 Application was made to the Young Fredericks by most of ye 

 Congregation, but especially to the Youngest, who is pretty 

 remarkable this way : But the Satyr of the Parish was not 

 stronger upon Him than his own upon Himself, for He has 

 confessed the Self Application in a Manner that has done Me 

 Honour, tho' in a very indecent Manner : For in his Fire Works 

 of last Night, one figure was of a Clergyman in his full Habit, 



