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Redhill
1859 July 31
Dear Sir,
The letter you wrote me on the 24th of June gave me the proudest gratification and by its intelligence relieved me of a load of anxiety refuting the Chronicles of this majority the Sun. Since its receipt I have been obliged to give a good deal of attention to the performances of a young gentleman whose services I have deemed for these weeks "only" to ___
from 90 millimeters to 12 inches.