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of independant property - [untreated?] with beastly drunkeness & Beggary we are building good [indecipherable] & I hope shall do well. I send you a small Schedule of our Present state for your private information But as I hope & request you to get a sight of my present dispatches they will give you every information - I also beg to introduce to you Mr. James Thompson he is a very worthy Man & I am Certain is one of the Surgeons of Eleven Years standing in the Colony, he has besides been Magistrate & Captain of Militia or rather of the Parramatta Operation - To Mr. Kemp - I beg to refer you for all our News - Cayley returned before Mr Barreliers departure. [I send] what he has done remains Secret - he has desired me to send by Mr Thorpe a paper of Seeds, which I enclose with this - As also his Notes - He keeps his [indecipherable] --
I beg my best Respects to the Ladies of your Family & I am with great Respect
Dear Sir
Your Obliged & faithful
Humble Servant
Philip Gidley King