
          Arrd [Arrived] Nov. 30th


 Raleigh Nov. 20th 1838


 Dear Sir, 


 It is more more than 18 months
 since I have heard one word from you, though
 I have written twice in the mean time; that
 is, some 12 or 14 months since. Your line of
 duties has, I suppose, drawn you away
 from correspondents who cannot be of more
 service to you than myself. To all which
 I submit with the best grace I can.


 I must however pester you this once, to ascertain
 whether you have purchased any
 more books for me, particularly D.C. Col. V.
 as I have been long impatient to get hold
 of it. If you have any, please to leave
 them with Mr. Turner, [180 Broad Way, up
 Stairs], to be sent to me by first chance
 care of Turner & Hughes Raleigh, N.C.
 If this is done soon, I shall get them in a short
 time, otherwise I may have to wait till 
 Spring. If you are desirous of getting rid of
 any further agency of this kind, you may
 enclose the balance of the money to Rev.
 J. Curtis, Charlestown, Mass.


 I shall be sorry if I have put you
 to any inconvenience or trouble in this

        