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 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
 Col. Bellville.. 
 Colonel Bellville.. 
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
 Colonel Bellville.. 
 Henry Mandeville, Esq;. 
 Colonel Bellville.. 
 the Earl of Belmont.. 
To the Earl of Belmont.
 James Barker, Esq;. 
 Colonel Bellville.. 
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
 Miss —. 
 Col. Bellville.. 
 Henry Mandeville, Esq;. 
 Colonel Bellville.. 
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
 Henry Mandeville, Esq;. 
 Colonel Bellville.. 
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
 Colonel Bellville.. 
 Col. Bellville.. 
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
 Colonel Bellville.. 
 George Mordaunt, Esq:. 
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
 Henry Mandeville, Esq;. 
 Colonel Mandeville.. 
 the Earl of Belmont.. 
 Lord Viscount Fondville.. 
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
 Colonel Bellville.. 
 Colonel Bellville.. 
 Colonel Bellville.. 
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
 Colonel Bellville.. 
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
 Henry Mandeville, Esq:. 
 Miss Howard.. 
 Colonel Bellville.. 
 Miss Howard.. 
 Col. Bellville.. 
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
 Henry Mandeville, Esq;. 
 the Earl of Belmont.. 
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
 Henry Mandeville, Esq;. 
 Lady Anne Wilmot.. 
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To the Earl of Belmont.

My Lord,

AN unforeseen inevitable misfortune having happened to me, for which a too careless œconomy had left me totally unprovided, I find it necessary to sell my estate and quite the country.

I could find a ready purchaser in Mr. Westbrook, who, with the merciless rapacity of an exchange-broker, watches like a harpy the decline of every gentleman's fortune in his neighbourhood, in order to seize on his possessions: but the tender affection I bear my tenants makes me solicitous to consult their good as much as possible in the sale, since my hard fate


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will not allow me longer to contribute to it myself: I will not here say more, than that I cannot provide more effectually for their happiness than by selling to your Lordship.

I am, my Lord,
Your Lordship's most
Obedient and devoted Servant,
James Barker.