acquainting

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Acquainting him with his kinsman's setting out for London, in order to embark.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 9 by Richardson, Samuel

Acquainting Henry A. Edmundson, another member, with his design, he waited on two different occasions at the western entrance to the Capitol grounds to encounter Mr. Sumner, but without meeting him.

From Abraham Lincoln, a History — Volume 02 by Nicolay, John George

The honor of England I learned to spell, I gave him drink of the sugred well Of Helicon's waters crystalline, Acquainting him with the Muses nine.

From Henry VIII. by Pollard, A. F. (Albert Frederick)

Acquainting him with the outlines of the case, I left him in charge of my patient, with orders that he should be brought over to this country as soon as he was fit to travel.

From Mugby Junction by Dickens, Charles

St Petersburg, September 1st, 1781,290 Acquainting him with his commission, and his instructions to communicate with the French Minister at the Russian Court.

From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. VIII by Sparks, Jared