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				<title>Letter to George Back</title>
                <title type="alternative">Letter to George Back, 13 December 1856</title>
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				<date>15-01-2009</date>
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				<name xml:id="SM">Sharon Messenger</name>Initial Transcription by Sharon Messenger
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				<date>2009-01-27</date>
				<name xml:id="CL">Christopher Lawrence</name>Proof by Chris Lawrence
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<lb/><p rend="no-indent"><persName>Sir George Back</persName></p>
<lb/><p rend="center">Sir </p>
<lb/><p><space extent="1" unit="words"/><space extent="1" unit="chars"/>I beg leave 
<lb/>to return my very hearty 
<lb/>thanks for the kind 
<lb/>welcome contained in 
<lb/>your note of the 6<hi rend="sup underline">th</hi> which 
<lb/>I found waiting my 
<lb/>arrival on the 10<hi rend="sup underline">th</hi><reg>.</reg>
<lb/>Congratulations from 
<lb/>one who has himself 

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<lb/>passed through the toils 
<lb/>of travel and discovery 
<lb/>and risen by native 
<lb/>energy to world wide 
<lb/>fame, are really doubly 
<lb/>gratifying. And I hope 
<lb/>you will believe me 
<lb/>quite sincere in saying 
<lb/>that I do really very 
<lb/>highly value your 
<lb/>approbation<reg>.</reg></p>
<lb/><p>Believe me </p>
<lb/><p rend="center">Most Truly Yours </p>
<lb/><p rend="center">David Livingston </p>
			
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