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Sr I make bould to trouble you with these phew lings hoping ye
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yr Last letter I Sent you from
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came Safe to your
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hands with yr reason of every perticular of my Comming out
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of
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hoping yould pardon me for not comming to wait
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on you before I went. but being recommended by a member of
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parliament to Sr
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John Norriss
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and wass forthwith sent
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on
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board of his Ship
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which is ye Sandwich and sailed presently
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afterwards, and am very well respected by Sr
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upon ye recommendation of ye Gentleman I wass sent by.
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but never ye less I would rather If by any means in yr world
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that I might be able to live at home again, which I hope
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in god would be by the since wee Shall return to
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which I hope Sr you would Endevour to do and I dont at all
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doubt by ye help of god but he able to repay what ever
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chargess yon Shall be at with ten thousand thanks, and
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Shall always think my Self bound in duty to pray for
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you and your good family so Long as I do live Sr pardon
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this presumption of mine and Excuse what ever is a
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miss, and to subscribe my self your most humble
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and Obedient Servant to Command
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James Trewren
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Sr I humbly beg yould
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be mind fall of a young.
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man who otherwise is intirely
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ruined by a faolse Velenous thing
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that wass Laid on me
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Now lying at the
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June ye 30th 1720
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