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 and I shall endeavour to practise that as long as I live: let me hear from you often: so with my duty to you and my father, and kind love to all my friends,

I remain ever, your most dutiful daughter.

My Dear Child, I am glad to hear that you have got into so worthy a family. You know that we never should have parted had it not been for your good. Continue active and obliging, and the family will love and esteem you. Keep yourself employed as much as you can. and be ready to assist your fellow servants. Never speak ill of any body; if you hear a bad story, do not repeat it again, but let it slip out of your mind as soon as possible. If you have any lime to spare from your business, spend some part of it in reading your Bible. I pray for you daily, and there is nothing I desire more than my dear child’s happiness. Your father desires his blessing, and your brothers and sisters their kind love to you. Heaven bless you, my dear, and continue you to be a comfort to us all, and particularly to—Your affectionate mother.

Sir,—My apprenticeship with Mr Wilson being expired, during which I observed the integrity of all your dealings with my worthy master, and my parents have given me two hundred pounds to begin the world, which you know is not sufficient to carry on trade to any advantage; that I may be able to sell my goods as cheap as possible, I would wish to have them from the first hand. If it is agreeable to you, I offer my corre-