OS1/21/11/146

Continued entries/extra info

may be in time for
engraving on the reduced
scale.

the cause of the mispelling
of words taken from old
M.S. is, in this case, the
resemblance of the letter "e"
to the modern d, as it is
written thus ∂, and the
above mentioned is in
old papers in my possession
Zule. In like manner
shiel would be shield in

M.S.

I fear my own writing
will give more trouble
than the subject is worth.

I saw General Matson
a few days before I came
hither on a visit. he bears
his years well, and looks
so, especially on horseback.

Yours faithfully
P Yule

Transcriber's notes

This is the closest symbol I could find to the one in the letter. It is not very close!

∂

There is a word towards the end of the letter that I could not decipher. I have inserted a "?"