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LETTERS TO ROBINSON. 269
'' Private.
" Dear Sir,
" Though, I suppose, Irish affairs are so
well settled that they will not require any
discussion before the public, I wish to have
my notes ; and, if convenient, the copy of the
accounts furnished by the Custom Houses on
both sides of the water. These last I shall return,
whenever they may be wanted. I shall call for
both when you are at leisure to point them out.
" I left to-day, in Parliament Street, two
letters for Lord North, which came enclosed to
me from Quebec.
" You may perhaps recollect that last year I
made some efforts to obtain a seat in a certain
place, at the particular injunctions of a friend.
I shall now defer any attempts of the same
kind to the general election, unless the re-
mainder of the present P 1 could be prefixed
to the ensuing year. I am armed with powers
for both. . . . May I request you turning this
subject in your mind at a leisure hour? The
pointing out the line is all that is wanted, as
the affair will be managed, without any inter-
ference. A particular friend is also on the
same scent. I know that such things could be
obtained for both, did we once know how and
where the ground lies.
" I am, with much esteem and regard,
" Dear Sir,
" Your most obedient humble servant,
"J. M.i
"December 18, 1779."
^ The Marquess of Abergavenny's MSS. at Bridge. The
remaining letters to John Robinson are from the same