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I feel myself under [indecipherable] obligations to your
Mother for her (words crossed out) great kindness to my
daughter Ellen. It appears that she has acted
like a Mother to her indeed. Will you be plea
-sed to express to her the greatful sense I en-
tertain of this her kindness to her, and present
her for me my most grateful thanks.

Beg her to excuse my not doing it at present
by letter to her self as I am so hurried now and assure her that I shall
not fail, God willing, to let her hear from
me by Samuel, who is now to the Eastward
[indecipherable] the Queen Charlotte on the [indecipherable] shall
[indecipherable] and is because a Father having got
a fine young son, and of course has made me
a grand father. I have another request
to make; which is that you will apologise
to the Revd. Mr. Cowper for my not answering
his very Friendly & Welcome letter to me
by the Queen Charlotte: and that you will
assure him I shall not fail to do it, God
willing, by return of the Queen Charlotte.

I am sorry your Brotherinlaw Mr. Lawry is
determined to take with him his family
to the Friendly Islands. It is in my opinion
a rash step. I am fully persuaded that the