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reform. Colonel Martin of the Horseguards haspaid his Addreſses to me, & we are to be mar::ried in a few days. As there is somethingsingular in our Courtship, I will give you anaccount of it. Col:Colonel Martin is the second Son of the late Sir John Martin who died immensely rich, but bequeathing only one hundred thousandpound apeice to heris1 three younger Children, leftthe bulk of his fortune, about eight Million to the present Sir Thomas. Upon his small pit::tance the Colonel lived tolerably contented for nearly four months when he took it into his head to determine on getting the whole of hiseldest Brother's Estate. A new will was forged& the Colonel produced it in Court — but nobodywould swear to it's being the right Will ex::cept himself , & he had sworn so much that Nobody beleived him. At that moment Ihappened to to2 be paſsing by the door of the Court,

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'her' altered to 'his' by writing 'is' over 'er'. Back to context...
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'to' erased before 'to', perhaps because first 'to' has been inscribed in error above the line. Back to context...
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