
          of your work on botany were duly received & it gives
me pleasure to believe that it will lend a new impulse
to your fame & afford a fair pecuniary compensation for
years of toil devoted to this your favorite branch of 
science. The medical Journal you mention never
came to hand. I shall send you by the first opportunity
a new [added: ($)] remedy for worms [( )?] which I believe to be the best  of 
this uncertain class of medicines, it is almost tasteless
& may be given in powder in doses of from ten to twenty & 
perhaps [crossed out: thirty] grains in the morning fasting, the
dose may be so regulated as to produce very mild
emtic & cathartic effects. Try it carefully & if your
experience confirms my representation of its virtues
you will readily perceive that it will be an
invaluable medicine for children.

The reports to my disadvantage which you
mention, have given me much pain, but the knowledge of them
has brought me the consoling assurance that I have a friend
who takes a warm interest in my welfare both here
& herafter, & your last letter is not one of the least
of your many acts of kindness which I remember with
grateful pleasure.

I have heard of Mr Jones before, with you he passed
himself as an auctioneer, which I believe to be true, with
others he has pretended to be a lawyer, had you found my
will he would undoubtedly have found ample proof of
my death he is a villain of the blackest dye, the pitiless
seducer of innocence, the unprinciples invader & destroyer
of domestic peace & happiness. The man he dared
to calumniate compared with such a scoundrel
stands out in bold & proud relief. Dr. Bolles is a man
        