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 15 The Letter-Writer. ceremony, and ſpend a few days with my old Friends I hope you will continue to attend your buſineſs with the ſame diligence you have hitherto Hone, and if you ſhould live to an old age, you will then be able to retire from trade with honour, both to yourſelf and family. I am, dear ſon, your affectionate father.

From a young Woman, a Servant in London to her Parents, deſiring ther Conſent to marry.

Honoured Father and Mother, I Have ſent this to inform you, that one Mr. Wood, a young man, a cabinet-maker, has paid his addreſſes to me, and now 'otters me marriage : I told him I would do nothing without your conſent, and therefore have ſent this by William Jones, your neighbour, who called on me, and will inform you particularly of his circumstances, The young man has been ſet up in buſineſs about two years, and is very regular and ſober. Moſt people in the neighbourhood esteem him, and his buſineſs is daily increaſing. I think I could live ex- tremely happy with him, but do not 'chooſe to give him any promiſe until I have firſt heard from you : whatever anſwer you ſend ſhall be obeyed by, Your affectionate daughter.

The Parents' anſwer. Dear Child, We received your letter by ſir. Jones, and the character he gives of the young man iſ ſo a- greeable, that we have no objection to your marry- Ming Him: begging that you will ſeriouſly conſider the duties of that important i ate, before it is too late to Tp.nt Conſider well with yourſelf, that accord- ing to your conduct to each other, you muſt be ei- ther