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[letterhead with text: The Savoy, Denham, Uxbridge.
Dear M:r Donovan
Some days ago the "Freeman" in its brief sartorial "Notes" had a short paragraph giving the number of {carat: "Irish"} Sailors in the Br[itish] Navy in 1797 & contrasting the numbers then. Some 11,000 and with 7000 Reserves or marines) with the number for last
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year - some 125000! Can you get me the exact quotation? I've torn up my copy of "Freeman" with it I find I am so sorry to trouble you.
Yours sincerely,