CHARLOTTE DULLY,

Aged forty-five, belonged to Putney, and was transferred hither from

Old Bethlem: she is a married woman, and mother of a family. This poor

woman has contracted a most singular persuasion: she fancies herself to

be a man, and sometimes styles herself a boy; and, when spoken to, she

bows, scrapes, and puts her hand to her head in every respect like a

footman.

She is particularly attached to the matron, whom she calls her beauty,

and is quite uneasy every day until she sees her.

There is nothing else particularly remarkable in her manner; she is

orderly, cleanly in her person and habits, and perfectly quiet and

harmless.

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