52 Life of Count R^^mford. 



have 1 8 or 20 acres of land to lay down to grass in the spring, 

 and shall want the grass-seed very much and very early. 



" Last evening I had the pleasure to receive a letter from his 

 Excellency Governor Wentworth, in which, among others, is 

 the following Paragraph, vir,. l The many unexpected affairs 

 of business that have hitherto employed me has consumed so 

 much of my time this summer, that I am compelled to give up 

 my proposed tour to the White Hills for this year. But I shall 

 be very glad to see you at Wolfboro' at any time it may suit 

 .your convenience, as I hope to get my family there by the last 

 week of August,' &c. 



44 Thus you see we are disappointed this year ; perhaps next 

 may prove more favorable. 



" I received your letters per Mr. Sables, but had not oppor- 

 tunity to write by him. 



" Mrs. Thompson sends compliments (and we trust by this 

 time congratulations would not be -improper) to you and your 

 Lady. [They were just in season for a child born June 22d.] 



" Have nothing new so must conclude with telling you the 

 old story over again viz* that I am with great truth and 

 esteem 



"Your real friend a~ J Humble Servant, 



"BENJ^ THOMPSON. 



" To MR. BALDWIN, Merchant in Woburn." 



" CONCORD, August 21, 1774. 



" DEAR SIR, I have been extremely busy this Summer, or 

 I should have given myself the pleasure of coming to see you, 

 but have not been able to get away as yet. 



" The seeds which you were so kind as to send to England 

 for on my behalf, I will come or send for as soon as I can 

 conveniently, when I will pay you, together with ample satis- 

 faction for my not sending for them sooner. I should have sent 

 a hand on purpose for them, but the season of their usefulness 

 was past for this year before I received advice of their arrival. 



" I know you must be extremely altered, or a Philosophical 

 and Mathematical Correspondence would be very agreeable to 



