I have engaged a vessel (now on her way to Leghorn to
unload), and on her return to Genoa we embark. She is called the ‘Hercules;’ you can come back in her, if you like,
it will save you a land journey. I need not say I shall like your company of
all things. I want a surgeon, native or foreign, to take charge of medical
stores, and be in personal attendance. Salary, a hundred pounds a year, and his
treatment at our table, as a companion and a gentleman. He must have
recommendations, of course. Could you look out for me?
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