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Notes that he has deferred writing to her husband and refers to a coversation with "Penseross": "What Penseross said if not flummery, is however a partiality, which I fear when put to the test would do little credit to the abettors."

The message he wishes to express is "too long to write in cypher, & too imprudent to write without." He notes, however, that "whoever commands your expedition is greatly to be envied, the reputation will be immense, the chance of failing none."

Letter respecting the death of George Augustus Howe. "Live & be a comfort to us all. Remember how much our dependance is on you. If we lose the only support left to us we shall fall never to rise again."