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tation, lord Harley gets by the agreement (if the timber is worth forty thousand pounds) one hundred and forty thousand pounds; and when the jointures fall in to him, will have sixteen thousand pounds a year. But the cant is, twenty-six thousand. Lord Pelham will really have twenty-six thousand pounds a year from the Newcastle family, which, with his paternal estate, will be twice as much as lord Harley's. The estate of the latter is judged to be in the best condition; and some vain glorious friends of ours say, it is worth more than the other's; but let that pass. Adieu.
FROM LORD HARLEY.
YOUR sister[2] has at last got rid of her lawyers. We are just setting out for Oxford, where we hope to see you. I am your affectionate brother,
- ↑ A company of sixteen, all men of the first class, Swift included, dined once a week at the house of each other, by rotation, and went under the general denomination of brothers. The number was afterward enlarged, and they dined at a tavern every Thursday. Lord Harley was one, which accounts for the address of this letter.
- ↑ Lady Henrietta Harley, wife of lord Harley.
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