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Dear S^t: George

. . . Some little Time ago we were terribly alarmed with the dismal Prospect of Famine—but the Removal of the Vessels of War that had guarded our Coasts for a long Time gave us an Opportunity of obtaining Supplies from the Continent—We are at present comfortably tho' not largely supplied—How long we shall continue to be so, God only knows—I wou'd fain hope for a long while—but have little Reason to expect it. . . . I am in great Truth D^r S^r George Your Most Aff^t. Brt^r. & Friend