540 LETTER TO [PART III. 



Dollars. 



Brought over . . . .13,100 

 Shepherd one year's wages, herdsmen 



one year, and sundry other labourers 1,000 

 One cabinet-maker, one wheei-wright, 

 one year, making furniture and imple 

 ments, 300 dollars each . ;f ^^ ^/ 

 Sundry articles of furniture, ironmon 

 gery, pottery, glass, &c. . . I *.-:* v'> 



Sundries, fruit trees, &c 100 



First instalment already paid ^11^ ,tr S 7 ^0 

 Five horses on hand, worth .*v^s-Wi^ 300 

 Expence of freight and carriage of linen, 



bedding, books, clothing, &c . . . 1,000 

 Value of articles brought from England 4,500 

 Voyage and journey . . . .^^ 



Doll. 23,820 



23,820 dollars = 5,359 sterling. 

 Allow about 600 dollars more 

 for seed and corn . >. 



o5,500 



993. So, here is more than one third of the 

 amount of Mr. Judge Lawrence's farm. To 

 be sure, there are only about 18,000 dollars 

 expended on land, buildings, and getting- at 

 them ; but, what a life is that which you are 

 to lead for a thousand dollars a year, when two 

 good domestic servants will cost four hundred 



