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The Savoy,
Denham,
Uxbridge.

Dear M:r Donovan

Some days ago the
"Freeman" in its brief sartorial "Notes"
had a short paragraph giving the number
of {carat: "Irish"} Sailors in the Br[itish] Navy in 1797 &
contrasting the numbers then. Some
11,000 and with 7000 Reserves or
marines) with the number for last