Letter to James Fields. Blackheath S.E. 1800 Sept. 19.

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Letter to James Fields. Blackheath S.E. 1800 Sept. 19.

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Giving approval of the biography, title page, preface, and table of contents of a new volume; and asking that a copy be sent when the sheets are run off.

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