Your letter of 14th got here on the 17th at night, and I duly receiv,d that by Bishop, I am astonishd that my letters should be So long on the way, when yours almost, always reach me within 4 days after date, by the cart John Hemings has recd the map, and the window Irons, the map I will attend to myself as soon as I can get the cart off

By the cart you will receive five bushels of dried peaches, and 3 pecks of dried1 apples, 1 ferkin of Butter, and the cheese sent from Richmond. the cheese has a small hole in it, about the middle, mad[e] by the rats, while at Mr Robertsons, you have here also a barrel of Pickled shad, which probably may be better this winter, than in Spring, and Hanah has two pots, of nice preserv,d peaches, weighing 12℔ (that is 6℔ each) which can be sent down by Johny H— if you desire it, I shall fatten 70 good Hogs certainly, which I have now in the pens, and there are 5 others, which are a little shy & Which I have no doubt we shall get in a day or two, so that you may Safely calculate on 75 hogs, 41 at B. creek and 34 at Tomahawk, we have 25 or 30 more that would make good pork, but we cant spare the grain to fatten them, there is some mast sufficient I think, (with a little corn, to keep them gentle) to support them this winter & spring, and they will be large by next killing, I have ingaged 2 overseers for the next year and agreed to furnish Bishop at Tomahawk with 500℔ pork and Robert Miller at B. creek with 400℔, the balanc of the pork you will direct the distribution

The Spinning Machine here wants repairing and Johny Hemings has promised conditionally to do it but puts me off from time to time, and I fear he will not find it convenient whilst he is up, unless you mention it, in your next instructions to him, I am certain that it cannot take him more, than a day—or two, and it is now, and has been for some time perfectly useless to us,—I think it would be well, for you, to direct your agent in Richmond to send us a bale of machined cotton, the supplys in Lynchburg are so Small and irregular, that it frequently happens, that we cannot get it at any price, we fall short of clothing for the People again this fall; on hand there is only 100 yds of shirting and 200 yds of woolen, you will please direct what is to be bought—by Johny Heming I will send you a general account of stock, corn, wheat, &c Hepburn has inqured frequently, whether I had recd his dft, I believe he really wants his money, I have always told him, that I was satisfied, the reason, that I had not, was on A/c of the dry season, You could get nothing to markit, Indeed I read to him, what you said to me on the subject in your letters, your old acquaintance mr Clay, I fear will not stand the winter, he was extreamly Ill on saturday and sunday last, but has got a little better I heard yesterday I have the honor to be with the highest Esteem & respect