Norfolk House, (London).—Declines to establish an institution for the relief of shipwrecked mariners in Suffolk.
(In the hand of an amanuensis, except the signature.)
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Norfolk House
March 15th 1824
Sir,
In answer to your Letter of the 10th inst: I have to assure you that altho’ I cannot doubt of your qualifications to give efficacy to the object of any Institution for the preservation of Shipwrecked Mariners—Yet I must beg to decline originating the formation of any separate Establishment for this purpose in the County of Suffolk
I have the honor to be
Sir | Your ob[edien]t hble Serv[an]t
Norfolk
Captain George William Manby
&c &c &c
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