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Letter from Dr Dockwray to ?

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                         Newcastle Dec. 31. 1771.
Sir,


            I have received your Letter, by which
I find the Gentlemen who met at Hexham have
done me the honor to appoint me one of the
Committee for the distribution of the Charity col-
lected for the relief of the Sufferers by the late
Inundation.  Had I known of the appointment
in time, I should most certainly have either
attended the first meeting of the Committee,
or sent my reasons for being absent.
  I must now beg the favor of You Sir, to give
my most respectful compliments to my Brethren
of the Committee, & to acquaint them that
I have left Stamfordham for the winter, and
that the distance between this place and
Hexham would make it exceedingly inconve-
nient, upon several accounts, for me to attend
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