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				<title>Letter to A[lexander] Haldane</title>
                <title type="alternative">Letter to A[lexander] Haldane, 8 January 1858</title>
				<author>Livingstone, David, 1813-1873</author>
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				<date>2007-03-02</date>
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				<bibl xml:id="recipient"><persName>Haldane, Alexander, 1800-1882</persName></bibl>
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<lb/><p rend="center"><space extent="2" unit="chars"/><placeName>20 Bedford <choice><abbr>Squ</abbr><expan>Square</expan></choice></placeName></p>
<lb/><p rend="center"><space extent="2" unit="chars"/>8<hi rend="sup underline">th</hi> January </p>
<lb/><p rend="center"><space extent="1" unit="words"/>1858 </p>
<lb/><p rend="no-indent"><space extent="1" unit="chars"/>My Dear Sir </p>
<lb/><p>In reference 
<lb/>to the kind invitation 
<lb/>contained in your 
<lb/>and <persName>M<hi rend="sup underline">rs</hi> Haldane's</persName>
<lb/>note I am sorry 
<lb/>that it will be 
<lb/>out of my power 
<lb/>to come. I am 

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<lb/>engaged to go 
<lb/>to three kind friends 
<lb/>before my 
<lb/>departure and 
<lb/>have besides 
<lb/>very little time 
<lb/>to spare from 
<lb/>pressing duties<choice><orig/><reg>.</reg></choice>
<lb/>I thank you 
<lb/>most heartily 

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<lb/>and am with 
<lb/>kind regard to 
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<lb/><p rend="no-indent"><space extent="2" unit="chars"/><choice><orig>y</orig><reg>Y</reg></choice>ours truly </p>
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