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as on the back of the inclosed paper; my friend Pitot will then get them, and from him
they will come to me. Pray write to my mother, my brother, my sister Susan, and to
my young sisters and cousin Henny, and say every thing that is affectionate to them
as well as to M^rs T.for me. Adieu my best love. I am in good health, and
equally comfortable in my situation as when I last wrote to thee.
Thine, most affectionately and for ever — Matt^w Flinders