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 of a letter from your lordship, and the pleasure of knowing you are recovered of the pernicious cold that spares soe few at London. I hope there is not the least feeling left of the accident in Yorkshire. I don't imagine numbers will ever come so near as to call for proxies, but in all events I always think my self safe in my Lord Strafforde's hands, tho' I expect to be miserably defeated in the Army bill. The noise made about excises will I fear bring the load again upon land. They talk as if excises were a new thing, when almost every {sic) is soe already and noe care to prevent retailers raising the prices at the same time. My daughter would have bin proud of your lordship's notice ; I do not wonder you should not know her, for I hardly recollect her myself. What with children and an old husband she has quite lost her youth. The town is highly obliged by your assembly after a great dejection for the loss of the Duke of Norfolk's. As I am one of your oldest acquaintance I will venture to say there is none wishes you better, nor is more truly yours, &c.

[Lord Wentworth.]

London, March 29, 1733. Dear Papa,

I hope by this time you are in good health at Suffolk. We was last night at the Duke of Devonshire, it was a ball, thier was 8 couple, viz. Lady Coroline Cavendish and Lord Sunbury, Lord Heartington and Lady Mary Montague, Lord Conoway and Lady Hariet,* Mr. Walpole and Lady Lucy,* Mr. Conoway and Miss Wortley, a Mr. Webster and Lady Dorothy, Mr. Whitworth and Lady Betty Cavendish, me and Lady Betty Montague ; and we had a very handsome supper, viz. at the upper end cold chikens, next to that a dish of cake parch'd almonds sapp biskets {sic), next to that a dish of tarts and cheescakes, next to that a great custerd, and next to that another dish of biskets parch'd almonds and pre- served apricocks, and next a quarter of lamb. I hopy Ody and Hatty is very well. I am, &c.


 * Lord Wentworth's sisters.

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