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[Page 18] 

[Writing very difficult to read.]

[Pencil note:] No. 184  n.d

Extract from the letter of Mr G [Parker?]
[indecipherable] 1849

My father determined not be broach any more of the Wine
which [indecipherable] sent until it had time to get thoroughly settled – and a day or  two ago – we had a bottle of each sort and you can have little conception how much it has improved or indeed how excellent it is – both were as fine as [indecipherable] but the darker of the two is the richest by far and would pass for a  [indecipherable] of light bodied liquor and 
no doubt will  [indecipherable] further improve by age – The lighter 

[Images out of order. Letter continues on page 20.]
 

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