t? f R H. TO 



" your arrival. Change of climate and situa- 

 " tion will produce temporary indisposition, 

 " but with prompt and judicious treatment, 

 " which is happily of the most simple kind, the 

 " complaints to which new comers are liable are 

 " seldom dangerous or difficult to overcome, 

 " provided due regard has been had to salubrity 

 " in the choice of their settlement, and to diet 

 " and accommodation after their arrival. 



" With best regards, I remain, &c. r 



1 022. Now, my dear sir, your mode of address, 



in this letter, clearly shews that you have in your 

 eye a person above the level of common la 

 bourers. The words " Dear Sir " indicate that 

 you are speaking to a friend, or, at least, to an 

 intimate acquaintance; of course to a person, 

 who has not been brought up in the habits of 

 hard labour. And such a person it is, whom 

 you advise and press to come to the Illinois 

 with a hundred pounds in his pocket to become 

 vifarifter! 



1 023^ I will pass over the expences previous to 

 this unfortunate man and his family's arriving at 

 the Prairies, though those expences will be 

 double the amount that you state them at. But 

 he arrives with 450 dollars in his pocket. Of 

 these he is to pay down 80 for his land, leaving 

 three times that sum to be paid afterwards. 



