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Much business & little health hath made my
answer later than it ought to have been to soe very civill a
lettre as y^u writ me the begining of the year. And I am uneasy
that I have not had the oportunity sooner ^{to tell you} how little title I have
to those thanks, w^ch: are wholy due to the character y^u had made of
yr self, for any service y^u are pleased to think I have donne
you. Were my friendship really of that value w^ch: you seem to
put upon it, I should with more confidence speake of it, & tell
y^u that by the same way y^u first gaind my esteem y^u will be sure
to keep & increase it. And I shall always think it my duty as well
as find it my inclination, whilst I am in the station I now am, to respect
& serve those who have the same aimes with me of serveing
their country and promoting the good of the plantations. I need not
therefor promise y^u my friendship at our board: All that I can doe in any
occasion for y^u there, I know y^u will make yr self a right to. If in
any other capacity I may serve you be pleased to command me.

I returne y^u my thanks for the bottle of Brandy & y^e gloves w^h I
received lately from y^u by the hands of S^r Thomas Lawrence. They
were both welcome to me as the product of that country, & I shall shew
them as rarities comeing from thence, especialy the brandy, w^ch is of a kinde
that very few in England ever tasted or heard of before. I am

Mr. Locke