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could have been expected, by the alterations she had undergone but unfortunately, the very means to obtain this partial advantage, has been the cause of the Rudders being carried away, from its unnatural projection on which the Body of receding water acts on it with such an increased Perpendicular violence, instead of coming to it obliquely, that nothing can withstand it & if they persevere in giving her a Rudder of greater dimension iron Strapped, iron tiller &c, - still I fear the Sternpost or [indecipherable] must necessarily go - I have written very fully, & I fear too freely on the subject to Sir Andrew Hammond, whose answer, as well as the result of the Boards deliberations on the Masters representations I shall inform you of -
The garden in in most excellent order not a plant droping among them, the Hops are cut down after these many untoward circumstance, God alone knows when they will get to their destination, I hope my best wishes for your health & Familys will be acceptable & am very respectfully
Dear Sir
Your obligd & Faithful Hmble Servt
Philip Gidley King
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