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I fear it is not, for it is such an immense undertaking that it is 

 impossible it should be already finished. I am very happy, I 

 should think it very strange if I was not. For I have one of 

 the best of fathers, that seems desirous to do everything that 

 will contribute to my happiness. We shall set off for Germany 

 in a few days, and after I arrive there I shall write you again, to 

 tell you how I like, and by that time I hope to receive letters 

 from you and Colonel Baldwin. 



" We should have been gone long before this time to Ger- 

 many if some business had not called my father to Ireland. 



" I enjoy very good health, and am very happy. I should 

 think it strange if I was not to be. I am indulged in every- 

 thing I wish, and I am under the protection of a parent that I 

 have not only reason to love, but to be proud of. On his ac- 

 count I receive every polite attention that I could wish, and 

 had I his merit, I should feel that I deserved it. But this you 

 know, my dear Mrs. Baldwin, that good-nature is the chief I 

 have to recommend me, and which, to do myself justice does 

 not fail to secure me friends wherever I go. 



" Believe me to be your affectionate 



"SARAH THOMPSON. 



" To MRS. MARGERY BALDWIN." 



It will be noticed by the following letter of the 

 Count's to Colonel Baldwin, mainly on business, that 

 the writer's kmd intentions included his mother's other 

 children. 



"LONDON, zcth July, 1796. 



" MY DEAR SIR, As I am informed by my Daughter that 

 you have hitherto been so good as to assist me in making my 

 little remittances to America, by drawing her Bills, &c., I take 

 the liberty to request you would give your assistance to my dear 

 Mother, in procuring and sending to her the annual allowance 

 of thirty Pounds sterling, which for several years past I have 

 given her, and which she has received through the hands of my 

 Daughter. I therefore request you would, upon the receipt of 



