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Letter to Hill Boothby, Tuesday 30 December 1755. Ibid.:117

Letter to Robert Chambers, Tuesday 6 October 1767. Ibid.: 287

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Letter to Aston and Jane Gastrell, Saturday 30 March 1782. Ibid.

Letter to John Taylor, Tuesday 17 June 1983. Ibid.: 148–9

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