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June 29 - 99
Sir Joseph
Yesterday I received your letter with the enclosed ten pound note. I should have returned an answer by return of post according to your request, had it been delivered earlier in the day. The evil that I before mentioned, I still keep free from, and am not sorry to say, that some of the seamen dislikes it as much as myself, by which I think its progress will not be so rapid as what I first suspected. I cannot conclude this loathsome subject without thanking you for your advice, for I should have suspected that the ointment would not have been so safe to have been applied, on the account of the large quantity of Mercury that it contains.
July 2
For the liberal encouragement that you have given me, it grieves me to think of, that I am not yet able to make