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--- write to him, or call on him in a few days, and explain the circumstances under which I have taken the liberty of writing to you on this occasion. In the meantime you may rest assured that Elstree is a name not borne, so far as I know, by any house, or property in this county. It is the name of a place a few miles from London, near Stanmore, which belonged to the late Genl. R Bruce of the East India Service, my wife's grand-father and I ask the substitution of Elstree for Beechwood, to gratify Mrs