[43 — To John Hanson]

Trin. Coll. Cambridge, Dec. 13, 1805.

Dear Sir

, — I return you my Thanks for the remaining £50 which came in extremely

apropos

, and on my visit to Town about the 19th will give you a regular receipt. In your Extenuation of Mrs. Byron's Conduct you use as a

plea

, that, by her being my Mother, greater allowance ought to be made for those

little