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<Q A 1758? FN ED EMONTAGU>
<X ELIZABETH MONTAGU>
 [}ELIZABETH MONTAGU TO EDWARD MONTAGU. 1758? DECEMBER? 6 LONDON. MO 2360}]
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My Dearest
   I am glad to find that your infinite labour & diligence & most unwearied application is likely to be answer'd by two such material points as ye purchases. I grieve at the disappointments & delays you meet with, which would indeed so far disgust most men that every thing would go at sixes & Sevens. Your prudence & dexterity both in ye whole affair of this inheritance have been tried & proved. M=r= Archdeacon is weak enough to think he shall carry his points by being unreasonable, but it cannot be supposed that a commission will enter into his views & you & M=r= Isaacson will chuse such commissioners as he [\& Lowes/] cannot impose upon. I am glad you have again got your writings in your own hands. I should suppose M=r= Arch-
<P2>
would not easily quit his situation but how far his engagements with L-s may have drawn him into inconvenience. My Father who I was with this morning assures me he has orderd M=r= [\Garker\] to charge his Tenants to [\ask\] for Sir Tho=s= Clavering. Lord Oxford & L=d= Bruce are made Lords of y=e= Bed chamber Norbonne Berkely groom of the Bed chamber. My Brother & M=rs= Robinson are here & desire their most affectionate comp=ts= to you. They are here so I can only add
   I am my Dearest
   Ever y=rs=
   EM
[\ADDRESS\] To / Edw=d= Montagu Esq=r= / at Newcastle / upon Tyne
/ Free [MOURNING SEAL]