
          There would have been no
 end to the trouble had mine
 been in folios. Mr Browne's is
 like a erristacia that cant get
 a quiet chance to cast its shell.
 He has not added to it for a year
 or two & has many hundreds that
 ought to go in.


 If you would go to the pines on
 2 August I would go with you
 just to be with you. otherwise I
 start at that time for Rutland &
 Windham Cos VT.([?].V.). My Money
 matters are much easier than last
 year besides that I have paid all
 my debt - only I must wait a
 little for a new watch & a new
 coat. Next year I can (better) (make)
 [crossed out: my] terms with Mad. C.


 I have broken ground in the 
 matter of the Free Academy, but
 if I am to have Gibbes for a rival
 it is of no use. I did not hear
 of him, nor Doremus, nor Hume,
 but only of candidates I had never
 heard of before - If they separate
        