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Hayley-XII-23
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Well! is yr admirable Portrait arrived at Litchfield? - To shew you how rapidly I wish to second all yr wishes, In giving notice to Longinus, that I had packed up These Treasures of the Pencil, I begged Him to prevail on the great Artist to take out of the Packing Box only the sketches which He wanted, & leaving the most valuable jewel at the Bottom of the Casket, to send it forward to sparkle in the Presence of yr delighted Father — whether this request has been complied with I have not yet learnt, for Longinus has been engaged in a rural [?] Expedition, & has only written to me in haste on subjects of a different nature.
The paragraph in yr last concerning yr amiable Friend Mr Whalley