TO
W. PARSONS, Eſq;
Maſter and Conductor of the King’s Band of Muſic.
June 22d, 1788.
Dear Parsons!
My preſent ſituation might have reduced me to the painful neceſſity of trying your heart; but you have generouſly anticipated what diſtreſs might have extorted, and have conſidered yourſelf obliged not only by conferring, but accumulating obligations. When men like attain to the height of their
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