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to shut up shop if you will allow of such an ugliness - & even now when the warm weather sets in I expect we shall have many difficulties to contend with. There is little doubt that the country possesses Gold in abundance from North to South but the labour of obtaining it is Enormous, & where one man is fortunate, there must be hundreds who barely earn a livelihood. There was one person lately who dug up 103 Ozs[?] weight in a lump - & this has set our world on fire again - which[?] may be the result of the discovery, it is impossible to say - but we fear that the thronging in of all the vagabonds from every quarter of the world may make this anything but a desirable country to reside in for many years to come.
As to electioneering, both James & his Brother are standing for the honour I might as well say for the trouble, of a Seat in Council - & both are opposed [Continued on Page 45]
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[Following on from Page 45] hearts give evidence that our cares & anxieties have not been spent in vain. I must end this long scribble. I hope you & Fanny will take it as a letter to each for I am so behind hand with my correspondents that it is hard work occupied as I constantly am, to satisfy them all, & what is more to satisfy myself too.
My best love to each & all dear to you with plenty to yourselves in which my Husband & child unite & believe me to be dearest Aunt
Yr affecte Emily Macarthur
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