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Princess Anne. December 28th '17
My dear sister
I received your's 2 weeks ago
and have omitted to answer it, I can't tell
how –unless the pork, and sausages worked
all my thoughts to the exclusion even of the
duty I owe to you – which was won't to be
paramount, for fifty good reasons, and an uneasy
necessities. – Since you wrote I have had the
pleasure to see Wm State who spent an evening
here, and delivered your message to me – He
thinks you will be able to come in a fort-
night; for I beg'd him to make some cal-
culation, and give me his opinion, since
you are so uncertain. – I hope to hear defini
tively from you on Thursday. Poor Mr. State! Is
it his natural look to be so [?], and [?]
or have your preictions been, indeed, verified?
He came here early in the afternoon, and
we soon became acquainted (I had only seen
him once before for a short time). We talked