
          will succeed in his laudable endeavors.

There is some mistake in the
dates of your letters - or the 8 May I must
have been at sea. That dated in 
March was written at that time but
no opportunity appeared of sending for a
long time. It was subsequently copied
& some additions made & it should have
[?] a different date.

I certainly did learn before I left
New York that you were at Princeton &
should have paid you a visit had I not
so unexpectedly embarked for this country having
all my business unsettled after having traveled
so many thousand miles to regulate my affairs.

I saw but few persons whom I had previously
known. I called twice on your brother but did not
find him at home.

This letter & the Yava will probably 
go by the [Lahoka? Capt. Power consigned to the
Messrs Howlands.

The circumstances which informed
        