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I wish you would inquier about this Sir William or Sir Robert, I forget whitch, Trotman's daughter ; al say she is a vast fortune but very ugly ; her freench woman has a sister in Barlin waits of som lady thear. Pray whats become of my little son in law, what will you say if Betty with her one lott you gave her should gett the thoussand a year. Thear is a lady gave her footman in the last before this, mony for a lot, and he got five hundred a year, and she would have half, and they had a law suit, but the lawyers gave it all to him. My poor coach man has had a sad loss, a young hors not six year old, a very brisk fine hors, cost him seventeen pd, has been sick this fortnight and this morning dyed, and after his hynde parts was quite dead and stretched out, he eat hay out of thear hands. It was a very handsom hors and kept his flesh to the last. The Duke of Queensbury is to com to Lady Folklands hous

[Peter Wentworth.]

London, 8 August, 17 lo. Dear Brother,

To day about nine in morning my Lord Treasurer had a letter from the Queen, wch he keept a secreet till about twelve, and then it flew about the town that he was by that turn'd out. 'Tis said the Treasury is to be in Commission, there's several named but its agreed by all, that Mr. Harley is to be the head of that Commission : and Lord Pawlet, Lord Hide, Mr. Paget. The Chancelour of the Exchequor lett it be who it will, must be one of the Commission. Some think Mr. Smith has made his court so well that he'll keep in. There's no more doubt now but there will be a new Parliament ; by next I shall tell you more.

II August, 1 7 10. Dear Brother,



I sent you last post that Lord Treasurer was out, but I

think I did not writ you the manner. The Queen writ him a

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