I mentioned in my letter to Sister Maria, that in consequence of the coolness of the weather we had determined not to leave Town till the ensuing Saturday. On that day we arrived at this place & finding but little company were so fortunate as to get a large & pleasant room. On the following Monday I left Augusta & the Children, & returned to Town to attend a meeting of the Board of Managers of the American Bible Society, in order to propose some measures which I deemed important. The meeting was held yesterday— it was large & respectable. Your letter & one from Mr: Nourse, a Vice President residing in Washington, were read.1 Mr: Nourse accepts the appointment & expressed himself decidedly in favour of the mee Society. A letter from Govr. Jones of Rhode Island another Vice President, was read.2 He declines the appointment from a supposed incompatibility of with this office with that of President of the Rhode Island Bible Society which he now holds. The Board agreed to request Mr: Boudinot3 to sit for his picture for the Society. I proposed that a Committee shd: be appointed to procure a list of the names of all the Clergymen in the United States, & that a Circular shd: be addressed to each of them requesting them to read the Constitution & address of the Society from their Pulpits, & to make a congregational collection for the funds of the Society. The proposal was unanimously agreed to. The Board ordered the Secy. to return their thanks to you & to the rest of the Vice Presidents who had or might accept. It was agreed not to introduce prayer, but to substitute in its place, the reading of such a portion of the Bible as the Presiding officer should select. On the whole, it appears to me that the prospects of the society are very flattering, & that the managers are influenced by proper feelings. Letters were read from several Bible Societies which had become auxiliary, & most of the Societies w letters were accompanied with liberal donations. One of these Societies is in Pennsylvania; another in New Jersey, & three in this State. I returned this afternoon to Rockaway. Augusta is much better & in high spirits. The Children are as well as possible. Maria looks much better than when she came here, indeed I have never seen either of them better or more lively. When your name is mentioned, Maria immediately runs to the door, intimating a desire to see you. Sally also is surprisingly better. It is now late at night, & this letter must be sent to town very early in the Morning to be ready for the Mail; this must be my excuse for sending you one so full of errors, as I have really no time to Copy it. Augusta desires to be affectionately remembered to you & Sisters. She will herself write to you by the next mail.4 My love to Maria Nancy & Sally & I beg you my dear Father to be assured of that of your very affecte. & dutiful Son

The Glass for the 2 Pictures will cost $4.50— shall I buy it? I can get tolerable mixt cloth for 5 or 6 Dollars a yard; the best, which I think very excellent costs $10. I can find none of a quality between these. The first is English, the last French. which shall I purchase?