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sidering how little you are there, it is a pleasure that is a 

 very expensive one, 



Bunbury is returned, and was last night at Ranelagh 

 with Lady Sarah, He has bought Gimcrack of Lauragais. 

 Lord Harrington sets out on Saturday for Paris. Her lady- 

 ship takes it very ill that he does not take her and the 

 daughters Avith him, and proposes that we should attend 

 them upon some party abroad. 



I find that there is some bad news to-day from Boston, 

 They will not allow the Customs-house officers to do their 

 duty ; have used them excessively ill, and have almost, if 

 not quite killed the collector ; in short, they are in a state 

 of rebellion. There are people here and at White's every 

 night. Bully enquires very much when you are to be here 

 again. Farewell, my dear George, . . . 



APPENDIX D2. 



Almack's, Friday Night. 



My dear George, — I have just now received your 

 second letter.^ As to what you said to me in your first 

 about Madame Fagniani, I will certainly do what you like, 

 though you know I have no opinion of my credit there ; but 

 send me the letter you wish that I should write, and I will 

 send it. I do not go till Sunday morning. 



Dodd was executed this morning. I saw nothing of it, 

 and have no accounts but from a constable who had been 

 there, and very near. He said that he never saw a man 



1 Endorsed by Selwyn, ' Ld. March, 27 June 1777.' 



