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"Brothers". God grant She may have safely arrived
before you receive this Letter, and that the Emigrant
Families may all be happy in their new abode at
Camden. When James landed at Portsmouth he
went to enquire about the last departure from
thence to Sydney, and was informed it was a Vessel
'with Emigrants for Major Macarthur' –

After a day or two in London I set off for
Cholmondeley Castle, having left a Letter for James
telling him where he was to put up. I had been
five days in Cheshire, when I had the pleasure to
receive a few Lines from James to announce his
safe arrival, and on returning to Town caught
him in his fast sleep, shortly after day break in
the morning. I knew precisely where to find him
and thus caught him, before he could have been
prepared, one momentary embrace telling more