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8, Hereford Gardens,
Marble Arch, W.

21 Dec. 13

Dear John,

Just two three lines to tell you
that I finished your Montrose last night.
I love him more, & my country more, &
you more for having read it. But I pray,
& indeed I shall continue to believe unless the
contrary is proven, that I had no Covenanting
ancestors. I don't want any Ulstermen to
read your book meanwhile; but a few
months hence, when things are ripe for a
settlement, I should like you to bring out
a 2.^d edition & put it on every bookstall
in the Northern province. For a time I