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their march ; so that when I came to Farnham I found the 

 soldiers still there. I therefore called on Capt. Shaw for 

 five minutes in my post-chaise at the Bush-inn-gate, and 

 so ended the affair. He express'd his sense of my civility ; 

 and says he will write to you very soon. He does not 

 expect to go to North America. 



As soon as brother Thomas is at liberty he proposes 

 laying in materials for a History of Hants; he is in 

 possession of a fine fortune. 



Brother Harry I find has given you an account of IVIr. 

 Holt's will; had no will appeared we might have received 

 £1,000 each. It is possible that the bequest to the lying-in 

 (lying he calls them) hospitals, of which there are seven, 

 may become a lapsed legacy; because the executor, who 

 had a discretionary power with respect to them, is quite 

 blotted out. But the general notion is that L*^ Chancellor 

 will supply that defect. Should he not interpose we may 

 possibly have yet £300 or £400 each. 



I am glad John (for now he is very near six feet high 

 I must no longer call him Jack) behaves so much to 

 your satisfaction. He has lately written to me; and I 

 have answered from hence' offering him a book of a 

 guinea value, but desiring him to consult you and his 

 master. 



We condole with you on the loss of your excellent friend 

 the Governor.* Perhaps by permission you may dedicate 

 to the Archbishop; and as the General is dead may be 

 allowed to speak with more warmth of him, than you 

 could have done to him. Shall I desire Mr. Lort to inquire 

 whether such a dedication would be permitted, and well 

 taken ? 



* The Hon. Edward Cornwallis, a twin-brother of the Archbishop of 

 Canterbury, through whose instrumentality John White had obtained the 

 living of Blackburn, of which the Archbishop of Canterbury was the 

 patron. 



