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placed at a school at Hackney only a fortnight while M.^r & M.^rs A made an excursion to visit some distan relations at a distance. on their return thro London he called & saw her perfectly well & happy in her situation, in four days after an express was sent to announce her danger, & in four more she expired of a disease called the Croop which has been fatal to many children in this neighbourhood this autumn. Arnoldo has acted as I should have supposed him upon the occasion, written constantly to his mother to try to support her spirits & to intreat her not to let this new affliction dwell upon her mind or to harrass herself with the idea of his sufferings. Upon M.^rs Chambers return to Derby they are gone to her in town upon a principle of duty which their friends think will be of