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Wed^y E^g

My Dear Henry

Pray give the enclosed from Horatia, ¹ & make it acceptable alla bella vostra Costanza. ²

I am obliged to seal up the Coral in paper, because the Genoese clasps are so loose they will not keep the case together. They can be improved another time, but I like it a thousand times better than any pert upstart English Modern case, and I trust she will do the same

E^r Y^rs

EF

Wednesday night