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of encouragement which had opened to him 
Ought to make him resolve to remain in England, 
he should not confine himself to the service of 
one patron, but trust to the public. The result 
of this conversation was a communication to 
Dr. Smith and Mr. Allen, of the attachment he 
had formed for the lady whom he afterwards 
married, and that it was hi-siintention to return to 
America in order to be united to her. In con- 
sequence of this, an arrangement took place, by 
which the father of Mr. West came over to this 
country with the bride, and the marriage was 
solemnised on the Qd of September, 1765, in 
the church of St. Martin in the Fields.