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structing his children. He requested me 

 to dine with him ; with which I complied : 

 I spent the afternoon there, and was treated 

 very genteelly. He is a sensible, well- 

 informed man, and of an extensive pro- 

 perty. His mother was an English wo- 

 man, and a relation of Lord Hawke in 

 England. He told me he had been so 

 troubled to get his children educated, that 

 at last he had found more satisfaction in 

 doing it himself than pursuing any other 

 method. He told me his eldest son was 

 at Annapolis college ; and, when he came 

 home in the holidays, his manners were 

 such, that he was disagreeable to him : 

 and as for the boys he had at home, he had 

 an intention of sending them to England. 

 • — Now, if a gentleman of such large pro- 

 perty, and only one mile distant from the 

 town of Alexandria, finds it so difficult to 

 get his young family instructed, what can a 

 man expect when he is situated some miles 

 from a tov.m, and even hard set to procure 

 them food and clothing ? which is the case 



