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R to B Feb. (B, VI, 77-84); B to R 5 March (FM, XI, f. 21).
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R to B Feb. (B, VI, 77-84);
B to R 5 March (FM, XI, f. 21).

Though Eaves and Kimpel refer to Richardson's Feb. letter as a [Feb.-March] letter, a March dating is unlikely because the letter answers Lady Bradshaigh's of 9 Feb. and because Lady Bradshaigh then answers it in B, VI, 42-45 and then writes Richardson again on 5 March. Had Richardson's letter been written even on 1 March, there would not have been time for it to have been received by Lady Bradshaigh, answered by her, and then followed by another letter from her on 5 March. It generally took about seven days for their letters to arrive; therefore, a March dating on B, VI, 77-84 is not possible.

Lady Bradshaigh's letter of 5 March requests the first installment of Grandison. Richardson must already have sent it because it arrived between 5 and 14 March. Lady Bradshaigh's letter of 17 March thanks Richardson for it, which she found when she returned home "on Thursday last," which would have been 14 March.