Upon my return to Westmoreland I found the price of corn so encreased that ­it could not be purchased in any quantity for less than fifteen shillings per barrel. Colo. Washington is the only considerable corn maker in this County upon the Potomack, and has agreed to let you have 600 barrels at the above price and to wait for the mony until the 1st of May. Being well satisfied that the price of this article will rise before the spring, I thought it prudent to confirm the bargain with him, after discovering not only that he could obtain it from others, but that it would be difficult for you to get the quantity you want from any one person in this part of the country & upon the same length of credit.

     Colo. Washington thinks it would be imprudent in you to have so large a quantity of Corn beaten out & put into bulk at this season of the year, being apprehensive that it would heat & spoil; he thinks it best that you should get at present as much as may suffice for two months & to take the balance in March. In this, I am of opinion you will be a gainer, independent of the risk of heating which you will thereby avoid.  

     After this full statement of the business, I beg you my dear Aunt to write me by the first post your pleasure, or to get some of the family to do so. It will be well I think that you should previously consult with Mr Anderson; but I wish you to write without delay, as I shall leave home by the 15th Inst. I am with very sincere esteem & regard Your affect. Nephew & friend