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chocks of wood between; it contains ar of land high 
and low, wood land and clear. Ther a great many. 
deer in it; and he expects in a few years % i able to kill 200 
head a year, which will be a profitable thing. He has like- 
wise 600 acres of meadow all within bank. The mine is 
not far from Passaic Falls, which I went also to see. They 
are very curious ; ee water on 70 feet perpendicular, as 
we were told ; e had nothing to measure with. It 
will be agreeable is pit to hear Ghat our subscription goes 
on with great success, and we suppose will exceed 50001. of 
our currency. We have bought for the Academy the house 
that was built for itinerant preaching, which stands on a 
large lot of ground, capable of receiving more buildings to 
lodge the scholars, if it should come to be a regular college. 
he house is one hundred feet long and seventy wide, built 
of brick, very strong, and sufficiently high for three lofty 
stories. . I suppose the building did not cost less than 2000/.; 
but we bought it for 7751, 18s. 112d. though it will cost us 
three, perhaps four hundred more to make the partitions and 
floors, and fit up the rooms. I send you enclosed a copy of 
our present constitution ; but we expect a charter from our 
proprietaries this summer, when they may probably receive 
considerable oe The paper admonishes me that ’tis 
time to conc 
Tam, Sir, your obliged humble servant, 
‘B. 
FRANKLIN. 
-* Purapevpuia, Oct. 25, 1750. 
Dear Sir, 
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your health, among our other New-Enagland roa and he 
desires to be always respectfully remembered to you.—I am 
glad to hear you are got well again, but cannot have the 
pleasure of seeing you again this year. I will write to Col. 
