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tn the land-{peculators, who in Eng'and 
offer American lands for fale, and like- 
wife to make allowances for the reprefen- 
tations of travellers, whether they appear 
to be much pleafed or much difgufted. 
No doubt I have myfelf often fpoken 
under the influence of both fentiments. 
"Fhe letter which you lent for Mr.—— 
(7. ¢.agent’eman of Pittiburgh) I fhall 
have an opportunity of fending yp the 
river this week, by a private hand. The 
differences and difturbances in the Pitt/- 
burgh country are now entirely allayed : 
but political opinions and feelings are 
running very high every where at prefent, 
on- account of the propofed Treaty with 
England: and I cannot but think it much 
tothe credit of the Britifh Miniftry (act- 
ing forthe good of their own country) that 
they fhould have had addrefs enough to 
propofe, and fucceed in propofing, a treaty, 
which is confidered as fo difadvantageous 
to America, as to have excited among the 
bulk of the people a general fentiment of 
difguft throughout the continent. 
About three months fince arrived here, 
with his wife and five children, a brother 
of Mr. , of M——r. His wife died 
at our hou‘e within ten days after their 
arrival, and his youngeft chiid has died 
fince. On the eighth of this morth he 
and I jointly concluded a purcha‘e of 105. 
acres of land, two miles and a half from 
town, and difcharged the firft payment. 
We sive gl. (7. 2. 31. flerling) per acre, 
which is at Jeaft 30s. more than it might 
have been purchafed for a yearago. A 
gentleman told N—— this afternoon, that 
two years ago it was offered to him at 
20s. per acre, and yet he thinks it now 
cheap at 4]. land rifes fo much. “We 
have paid 1741. are to pay in February 
1797 another 1741. and in Auguft 1800 
the remaining 721. that being the value 
of 18 acres of the tract, which we are not 
to have pofleffion of till the death of the 
late proprietor’s mother, who is 65 years 
ofage. Mr. —— 1s gone fo live on the 
land, though he has but one fingle little 
cabin, but will have 2 good large one up 
next week. We are to occupy the build- 
ings at prefent on the land, and to make 
compenfation for it to Mr. ——. The 
late proprietor will not leave till Chrift- 
mas, when we think of removing to the 
place. There are in all abeut 60 acres of 
cleared land; but out of thefe the 18 acres 
above-mentioned are. to be deduéted. 
Vhere are likewife young apple and peach 
Prefent Siate of Kentucky, by Mr. Toiilmin’  [Sept. 1, 
orchards. My reafons for buying this 
land were the fameas thofe which Jed us 
ren 
to remove from town to the country— ~ 
the faving of expence. In town, houfe- 
rent was zol. a year, fire-wood another 
20]. In the country we have both for. 
45l. (I fpeak of this currency) a fuffi- 
ciency of vegetables, and grain and hay, 
in -addition to. what the ftock confurres, 
enough to pay our rent, and fomething, 
perhaps, towards labourers” wages. But 
by buying a place to Hive on we efcape the 
rent alfo, and have only to confider the 
interelt of the money; and I expeét the 
regular increafe in the value of the land 
will more than reimbur'e me the common 
intereft. I forego, however, the advan- 
tage of buying frontier land, which. will 
increale in value more rapidly; but can 
afford to give you 6]. per cent. (and mort- 
gage my Jand fer the payment) if you 
would lend me 1sool. for the pur, cfe: for 
it would not be poffible to borrow money 
here at perhaps 1c]. per cent. as every 
man has the fame chance of making more 
of it. Had you any money, the intereft 
of which you could do without, I know 
not of any way in which you could veft it 
fo advantageoufly, and with fe little 
‘vifk, having a perfon here to lay it out 
with judgment: and I rather exoe‘t the 
treaty with the Indians will occafion a 
fudden rife in the value of lands. 
I am happy to inform you, that the 
number of my attendants on a Sunday, 
this fummer, has rather exceeded what it 
was laft fummer. The I learn, 
have been very induftrious in making the 
molt unfavourable impreffions refpeting 
me every where, as a Deift, Atheift, &c. 
&c. and the feminary, I believe, princi- 
pally for want of a good boarding-houfe, 
has declined. My friends, particularly 
the good Col, — have lately been’ 
endeavouring to make up a fubfcription 
to me, as a minifter, forthe fecond year, 
but I fcarcely know with what fuccefs. 
The laft I heard of its amounting to was 
40l.—i. e. 301. If you could have your 
pieces relating at all to the queftion of 
Baptifm bound up im a neat volume, I 
fhould like to have an opportunity of pre- 
fenting the (Baptift) Affociation with a 
copy. Indeed there are three denomina- 
tions of them—Calvinifts, Arminians, and 
Univerfalifis. Our library, at laft, will, 
Ibelieve, be purchafed. 500 or 600 do}- 
-lars are now ient for the purpofe to Phil- 
adelphia. 
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