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B to R 16 April (B, VI, 106-109, 110-116).
The letter Mrs. Barbauld printed between Lady Bradshaigh's 29 March and 16 April letters, (B, VI, 101-109), is a terribly confused composite of three letters. One long paragraph, (B, VI, 106-108), which deals with a young woman forced into marriage, and the two paragraphs following it belong with Lady Bradshaigh's letter of 16 April. She first tells Richardson of the young woman on 8 April in her dated postscript. Her letter of 16 April, as it is printed by Mrs. Barbauld, discusses various characters in Grandison, but it makes no mention of the young woman. In her next letter, that of May-June, she again writes of the young woman and says, "She [Lady Bradshaigh's niece] is well acquainted with the sad story related to you in my two last" (B, VI, 126-127). And she then goes on to discuss the story in greater detail. The young woman story, (B, VI, 106-108), first related to Richardson on 8 April must, therefore, belong with Lady Bradshaigh's letter of 16 April.
The two paragraphs following the young woman story also seem to belong with the 16 April letter. The only other possibilities are the Late May-June or the 3 Jan. 1752 letter, and neither of those seem likely. The first of
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