| 3{illegible: retreats?} enjoy the blessings of a {illegible: great?}
old age.
Here I am after travelling about
12-000 miles of your magnificent Country
I w'd {illegible} {illegible: hundreds?} & {illegible: brothers?} {illegible: offer?}-
from all. I send on you, some of my
{illegible: Testimonials?} -- In N. York, I {illegible: counted?}
all the {illegible} {illegible} & poor Col-
-lection for the Irish Society -- I do not
expect {illegible} to {illegible} untill
next Feby. I am now absent from
my beloved family & flock I{underlined} would{underlined}; I
long to return to my many duties, but
I cannot leave these {illegible} and {illegible}
{illegible}; {illegible: Shal?} you see any {illegible}
of yr {illegible}, pray tell them I do not
forget their kindness, especially my
Dear brother Dr.{underlined} Leacock{underlined}, and be
you my dear Bishop, yr blessing to
me personally & yr valuable & {illegible} {illegible}
in behalf of my {illegible} {illegible}
be forgotten by {illegible} {illegible} & faithful in the Lord
{illegible} Gubbins
To the Right Rev. {illegible; text is obscured}
| 3{illegible: retreats?} enjoy the blessings of a {illegible: great?}
old age.
Here I am after travelling about
12-000 miles of your magnificent Country
I w'd {illegible} {illegible: hundreds?} & {illegible: brothers?} {illegible: offer?}-
{illegible}. I send on you, some of my
{illegible: Testimonials?} -- 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} & flock {illegible} {illegible}; I
long to return 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 kindness, especially my
Dear brother Dr.{underlined} Leacock{underlined}, and be
you my dear Bishop, yr blessing to
me personally & yr valuable & {illegible} {illegible}
in behalf of my {illegible} {illegible}
be forgotten by {illegible} {illegible} & faithful in the Lord
{illegible} Gubbins
To the Right Rev. {illegible; text is obscured}
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