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{illegible: retreats?} enjoy the blessings of a {illegible}
old age.

Here I am after travelling about
12 000 miles of your magnificent Country
I w'd {illegible} {illegible: hundreds?} & {illegible} {illegible}-
{illegible}. I send on you, some of my
{illegible} -- In N. York, I {illegible}
all the {illegible} {illegible} & poor Col-
-lection for the Irish Society -- I do not
expect {illegible} to {illegible} untill
next Feby. I am now about five
{illegible} below {illegible} & {illegible} {illegible} {illegible}; I
long to {illegible} to my many duties, but
I cannot leave these {illegible} and {illegible}
{illegible}; Shall you see any {illegible}
of yr {illegible}, pray tell them I do not
forget their {illegible: kindness?} {illegible} my
Dear brother Dr.{underlined} Leacock{underlined}, and be
you my dear Bishop, yr blessing to
me personally & yr valuable & {illegible} {illegible}
in {illegible: behalf? belief?} of my {illegible} {illegible}
be forgotten by {illegible} {illegible} & faithful in the Lord

{illegible} Gibbards

To the Right Rev. {illegible}

{illegible: retreats?} enjoy the blessings of a {illegible}
old age.

Here I am after travelling about
12 000 miles of your magnificent Country
I {illegible: rec'd?} {illegible} {illegible} & {illegible} {illegible}-
{illegible}. I send on you, some of my
{illegible} -- In N. York, I {illegible}
all the {illegible} {illegible} & poor Col-
-{illegible} for the Irish Society -- I do not
expect {illegible} to {illegible} untill
{illegible} Feb. I am now about five