Your letter of the 1st Octr was recd by me in Philadelphia, & the answer was postponed until I could have an opportunity to write to Mr Morson upon whom I must rely to furnish the means of complying with your request. He has hitherto refused to pay his remaining bonds for the purchase of Laurel grove in consequence of Mr Beverley not having discharged Mr Bernards mortgage. I shall however write to him in relation to your claim & hope to prevail upon him to discharge it. I will write you the moment I hear from him, and am Sir respectfully yr ob. Sert

     I mean that you and Bushrod should leave Andover very soon, and shall put you to some other school more within my reach, where I shall have more frequent opportunities of attending to your education, and where I hope you will improve much faster than you have hitherto done. I am merely waiting until I can hear that Colo. Dade has sent down mony enough to enable me to pay what is due to Mr Philips & others on your account.