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Dear Sir
I am very sorry to inform you that now I am fairly cast away. The damnation Bench of Justices fell out among themselves, upset and fairly frustrated the friendly intentions of Sir Fletcher Norton &c - wrote a Rascally letter hoping I should not find any inconvenience from it and put off the adjournment to Monday sennight [a week] - now you know this is quite beyond our reach - it seems the whole Agenda of the bench to not furnish such another incident - indeed there's a fatality attends my every undertaking - those people whom I most honour and esteem that favour me with the name of friend, to them I become a trouble and burthen; however tho' we cannot help misfortunes we can help deserving them, and I am determined that want of gratitude and attention shall never be an accusation against me, therefore I'm resolvd to decamp without beat of drum, and if I can