I should have written to you long ago, but my Wife has been so weak & unwell ever since we came home that I could not leave her long enough to ascertain with tolerable accuracy the number of Fruit Trees at Bushfield— The Overseer, who has counted the large peach Orchard by my directions, says it contains 1350 Trees— there is also a small orchard of them near where Stonum lived, and a great variety in different parts of the farm— There are two Apple Orchards that have bee<n> bearing a considerable time, and a young one of Bo<mutilated> Genetin which has been bearing for about six or seve<n> years, but I do not know how many Tree<s> are in each<.> Besides the above, there is a very great variety of the most approved fruits for eating & culinary uses, viz. cherries, plumbs, peaches, Damasons, Apricots, pears, Figs, Quinces &c. I should have ascertained with precision the number of each, and also the number dimension & condition of the houses, and informed you thereof, if I had not received a letter from my mother saying She had declined leaving or selling Bushfield— when she comes home, which will be in a few days, I shall better understand what she inclines to do, and if she should determine to sell Bushfield, I will give you the above information as soon as possible[.] on the enclosed paper is a Copy of the Advertisement I intended to have published respecting the Sale of this place, and also there is a pretty true description of the place— If you think the advertisement not full enough, you may lay it aside, and I must get the favor of you to draw one for me from the said description omitting whatever you may think proper— which ever you approve of, you will please have published in the Richmond & Fredericksburg papers. you will please observe that the description enclosed is not intended for publication, but only to enable you to frame <a> proper adv<er>tisement, if you do not approve of the one I have drawn— I shall be glad to hear from you by next post or as soon as you can conveniently spare time to write to me, and hope you will be able to inform me that you and my Sister enjoy good health— My wife is recovering slowly her lost Strength, but can not expect that, or her health to be perfectly restored until after delivery, which will not probably happen for three weeks to come— She sincerely joins me in love to you & my Sister, and in earnestly requesting the pleasure of seeing you both here this fall, if we should not have the good luck to dispose of the place. I am very Affectionately Yr brother & Friend