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not only all that could be realized from hi, e,tate, but Uncle Au.gu.etine's
property, the Plu'k Street hau,e, and tr.e power cf drawing on London. I
thought there wae no doubt of
~
being able to do 1t. but 1t all depended
on the China house being able to .take cara of itself without c&1lill& on me
for aid. .1t
arq
rate , I
dete=1n~d
to risk: 1t. About the po,ition
v""
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I
felt considerable unellsinee••
,
If
1
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ItIIIIIt
to
of the
fall
at once ,
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could not tell what wc.uld be the effeet on the China house, and,
at
fLr.y
rate,
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'
t:e
prepared to ta.ce
up
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bad.
sold
bearill(,
our
ll.M:e . It
_
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Vlry uoubtful
if
I could do this, and the shoek
to our credit would have beon almolt, if not quite, fatal. For nearly
t'll'O
ye8:l"1, r
maintained the fight . lhat 'IIould have been the re.ult I
,
cannot
S!\¥,
but the houee in China 'IIa, obliged to aucc1,llllb . It .as alm>et a
relief when
n..
erl!.eh
CI!.lD8,
fol'
I
doubt if
I
could hAve etood the atrain
lIIUCh
100&
er.
I have no fauH to flnd with
arq
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one seemed to erult. everyone to e)'lllpathhe -
.
e
met a great deal of ldnd_
ne.. ,
The
only exception thAt I l'ecall h
aee me for the pUI"poae of telliO& me that Bunell
&
C.
Co••"utd do all in
their power to get OUI" bu.in... . I 'uppoee he thought it
n.e a
flne thing
to do, to come BIld tell me thh fraDkly, but
al
I ",mew they would of couree
do
it,
he
might have spared me hi. pl'eaence .
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St=g1B wa. appointed aBslgnee of our personal eetat",
in .AInforlca, and JJeaare. Whitehall
&;
LinlteM in China. 1 have no fault to
find with either of them. T'ney exerclued a vcry painful duty
.
it::.
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wa.
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mention.
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