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National Library of Wales, MS 4813D. ALS; 2p. . Not previously published.
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Murray sent me Llorentes original manuscript,
about three years ago, & I made some notes from it at that time.
I am very pleas much pleased at what you tell me of Elmsley.xxxxx do, if by good fortune
any thing of value should turn up.
Instead of travelling south, my plans are altered, & I go northward with Rickman to – the Caledonian Canal. This I have been engaged to do for three
years, every year it has been put off, & now it can be deferred no longer, – for it is fitting that he should
see it before he draws up the final report.
Gifford has put in one sentence in my
paper upon the Copy rightinvalidates (if it were
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for the sole sake of gratifying him. I am really vexed at this. For tho I know the have no personal
acquaintance with Sir E. he deserved a civil thing on
this occasion, & it would have gratified him very much.