Feb /87
     Dear Sir,

     I was very happy in receiving on Monday last
your confirmation of the agreeable news I had
heard on Saturday of Mrs. Dickenson's having presen=
ted you with a Daughter, & that she & the Child are
in so good a way. I beg you will accept of the con=
gratulations of all my Family upon the occasion
& that you will remember me very particularly
to Mrs. Dickenson I remain
                            Dear Sir,
                            Your faithful Humble Servant
                                                        Frederick Hamilton
Oxford Street no. 248
Feby. 1st. 17871

Notes:

1 The dateline appears to the left of the closing salutation.