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as soon as he could send it & as my
Stay at Halifax is uncertain I thought
better to commit it into his hands than
retain it my Own not knowing that
I should hae it in my [power?] tp [illegible]
during my being a bout home
Mr [Amis?] intended to have wrote
you himself but my leaving Edenton un
=expectedly to him prevented it tho
wishes me to inform you of his good
health, which he at present very happily
enjoys. I leave to present my [illegible]
Mrs Benehan whilst I am
D Sir with the greatest esteem
your most [illegible]
Nicholas Long [illegible]