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MEMOIR. 



my life, I paid off the whole of the money 

 which I had borrowed, amounting, as was 

 formerly mentioned, to about ^600; and 

 when I was taken ill, about three months 

 ago, I had in my desk, for I never kept a 

 banker, nor ever invested any money in 

 the funds, about ^350. This sum consti- 

 tuted the greater part of my property. 

 For all my books, my little plate and fur- 

 niture, probably, though much more va- 

 luable to myself, will not be supposed by 

 others worth more than <200. In this 

 estimate, the value of my gold Rumford 

 medal is not included ; as the gold is quite 

 pure, it is held to be intrinsically worth 

 fifty guineas. 



In the expectation that my life would 

 be prolonged, I had formed various literary 

 projects. One was, and this had often 

 passed rapidly through my mind during 

 the last forty years of my life, to show, 



