Excerpt from A Young Squire of the Seventeenth Century, Vol. 2 of 2: From the Papers (A. D. 1676-1686) Of Christopher Jeaffreson, of Dullingham House, Cambridgeshire Ensign Thorn. - In the enclosed long letter Of the sixteenth instant, I have made no mention Of the silver-hilted sword, de signed for Mr. John Matthews, according to whose order I have sent one SO like mine owns, that I feare he will thinks it the same. But I can assure you otherwise. For I keepe my owns swords and handle for my owne weare, so soon as I come out of mourning. I hope it will please the young gentleman so well, that he will not grudge to give a hogshead of sugar in casque for it. I pray, sends me what you can for it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.