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we do not see him this year, his visit is only postponed ; for by a 

 paragraph in a letter he wrote to Dr. Walter, I find that he has 

 not given up the design, but means to come out next spring. 



"[Sept. 8, 1799.] I have asked Mr. Samuel Clapp if he will be 

 kind enough to take bills and dispose of them, and send you the 

 proceeds, &c., agreeably to your desire, and he says that he will, 

 but advises by all means not to dispose of them just at this 

 time, if you can do without, for bills are now selling at ten 

 per cent or more under par. He thinks they will be higher in a 

 little time. I wish you would let your son Josiah know that 

 his mother Thompson is very desirous of seeing him at Woburn 

 as soon as possible. Please to remember me to your good hus- 

 band [he had been a partner in trade with Colonel Baldwin], 

 your sons and daughters, and all inquiring friends. I am, with 

 much esteem and respect, 



" Your friend and humble servant, 



"LOAMMI BALDWIN. 



" MRS. RUTH PIERCE." 



The receipts are copied as signed by Mrs. Pierce and 

 her son Josiah, on the sale of bills, with charges for 

 protest and interest. 



The young lady, for her homeward passage, was com- 

 mitted, as we have seen, to the care of a gentleman and 

 lady bound for Boston, who faithfully discharged their 

 trust. Her father parted with her at Gravesend, the 

 place of her embarkation. It was then his intention to 

 follow her to America in a few months, for, at least, a 

 visit to this country. But circumstances which he 

 thought imperative prevented him. The separation 

 between father and daughter, though not final, proved 

 a long one. She reached this port on October 10, 

 1799, being then just twenty-five years of age. Colo- 

 nel Baldwin went to Boston to receive her and to take 

 her to his own home. 



