Autograph letter signed : London, to the Rev. John Taylor, 1773 Feb. 27.

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Autograph letter signed : London, to the Rev. John Taylor, 1773 Feb. 27.

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Asking after his health; describing a cough "which has hung on [him] about ten weeks, and for six or seven has been very violent"; commenting on a man who asked him to "put [his] name to a printed recommendation" of a spelling book; noting that he is "afraid that [he suffers himself] to be corroded with vain and idle discontent."

1 item (3 p., with address) ; 22.6 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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