May the inva-
luable Folio-MSManuscript be preserved accor-
ding to your earnest &and well-judged Wish.
Ten thousand thanks for your agreeable
Intelligence of the dear, amiable Pair1.
O for a Son &and Heir! I hope, God, in his

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own good time, will send that wish’dwished
for Blessing.— Yes, Gask, his Lady &and
DaurDaughter left London a Day or two after
your Arrival in it; for the Lady wrote
me a Letter from Salisbury in their
Way to Falmouth, to take the packet
for Lisbon. It was long, particular &and
exact, &and I transcribed a Copy of it for
the comfortable Information of the
good old Lady, who evermore re-
members you &and yours with every
good Wish. I talked to the worthy
Gentleman about a PædagoguePedagogue to
his Children. “Ay, with all my Heart,
said he; “but then he must be in
“Orders to perform sacred Offices
“in the Family.” “Done, said I. Such
“an One I have had under my Care
“from his very Infancy, ready, God
“willing, agtagainst the Term of Whit-
“sunday first to be in the Charac-
“ter you desire.” How comfortable
&and encouraging is this? O for many such!
I have often resolved, &and as often
forgot, to transmit you a Copy
of John Roy Stewart’s Psalm;
but now it comes; and, I hope,
it may prove somewhat entertain-
ing to You &and Mrs Gordon. Whether
or not it may bear publishing in
any periodical paper, tumet esto
judex. ——