Dear Sir.

With Pleasure I receiv'd your Young Man

better in health than when he left me, the which has

continued to him ever since: I now return him to

spend his Holidays with you. & good M rs. Bentham,

which I hope will be attended with Mirth, & Happyness.

Agreeable to your desires I herewith send a

Copy of the Indentures & Bond by which M. r Mikes

were drawn (One of the Originals is mislaid) with

this only difference that the sume at 30 Pounds a Year

is 200 Guineas, instead of Pounds; as the naming more

than Pounds twas said would occasion a great additional Tax

Any alteration or amendment you shall think

proper to make will I dare say be acceptable: I being

his sincere well wisher. I find him a very worthy Young Gent -

as such he Merritts the Esteem of all who knows him.

With much Esteem & Respects I am —

Dear Sir

Your most Obed: t Humble Serv t.

W m Gray

22 d Dec r: 1770. —

M r. Bentham- —