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[illegible] & Gent of His Majs Council. both ought to be delivered respectively, this morning.
I am pleased with obtaining some of the horses, & trust we shall get more of them during the Summer. I mean one of these for you, one for General Bowser, one for my Son, and one for myself.
The lovely & much wanted, yet timely rain, prevents my being in town to day. Lady W is better to day - I will dissuade my Son from venturing out in the rain, as he has a very bad cough.