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Wingecarribee, Berrima
26th Decr. 1857

My dear Mr Macarthur

I need not assure you
that I was truly sorry to learn from
you that it was your intention to
retire for a short time from Public life
particularly as your health seems
to have, in some degree influenced
you in arriving at that conclusion
but I sincerely hope that the
rest and change will be so far
beneficial

P.S. On looking a second time at your note
I find it headed "Private". I shall therefore
not as I intended above consult any one on this
matter with the exception of Antill until I hear
from them

H.M.O.