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Kensington Palace

Saturday November 13th: 1819.

Dear William,

It was with no less pain believe me, that I received this morning Your Letter dated Chatham yesterday, than you assure me, you experienced in writing it. I cannot say that the Subject of it carried altogether, by surprize, upon me for Mary on Monday last, when I was at Windsor told me, you had taken offence at the introduction of your income into the Pamphlet you alude to: I had however underline hoped, /underline that your knowledge of me underline for the whole of my life, /underline and my uniform conduct to underline you /underline and underline those dear to you, /underline would have enduced you to give credit to the assertion I authorized that excellent unclear of our to convey to you, of my disclaiming the most distant intention of giving you offence, on the part either of myself, or of those who corrupted the Pamphlet, and that you could not