After due
^reſpects^ to you, & yours in their ſeveral
Charracters,
I beg leave to inform you that I had wrote you a Line about
three
weeks ago, in which I gave you to underſtand that my
little Brother
William had com a long Jorney to ſee me, &
alſo
hinted his views & motives herin.
[illegible] viz the Hopes he had entertain'
d (after reading yr
Naritive of y
e Foundation, Riſe, &
deſign of y
e
Indiancharity School at
Lebanon) of yr taking him under yr Patronage
I gave you further to underſtand that I porpoſed to bring or ſend him
to
ſoon to ſolicit
yr
Friendſhip for him. unleſs I ſhould
ſoon
recive
firſt
recive a Line from you adviſine
otherwiſe.
A faivourable A faverable oppertunity of ſending him (with my wif
[illegible]es Brother
Joel
&
ſiſter
Sibbel who are on a Viſsit
^here^) does now preſent. and not
having heard from you ſince I wrote, I have ventiered to ſend him to you
and
[illegible]join with him in requeſting
yr
Friendſhip
& Favour for him.
If you ſhould
pleaſe to queſtion the Child
he will you will doubt
leſs
ſoon be sattiſfied
o in his Ardant
deſires after knolege
&
of
his
exerceſing his little Tallants for
[illegible][guess: god] god's glory & the good of
Manking. I
^am^
ſattiſified the Child is better able to give you a ſattiſ
fying
acount of his circomſtances
&
deſires than
[illegible]I am, and think
beſt there to leave y
e Event. Only I would add thus much,
& I
believe the ſimplicity, openneſs
&
freeneſs of the Childs Diſpoſition
will render him Incapable of Impoſing upon you in any wiſe or
of puting any falſe
gloſs on his own Charracter or Circomſtances.
If it If it ſhould be yr
pleſure to keep the Child a Day or
[illegible] two.
in
order to ſattſfy
yourſelf whether or no he can fill a Place in
yr School with any tolerable proſpect of
its further
^ing^ the good deſigne
of it. I am content he ſhould
ſtay
'till you know what is beſt,
Otherwiſe you may ſend him to my Father
Tommas who will
ſend him hom to me ſo
ſoon as conveniant. Or if you ſhould
be like to talk with me on the Primeſes you may write a Line
or let
Billy
write & I will endevour to wait on you