When Mr. Hall was here your Father told him that he would leave to you the adjustment of the shares in the cannal. the Sale of them was undoubtedly a great Sacrifice of property at their present valueSo was the payment of the assesments. but I hope it will prove for the best. Your Father says that he would have you take as [. . .] of his Shares in the New England Insurence as will repay you what you have advancedI had intended to have [. . .] what was due from the Directors for the Medford Farm, [. . .] have removed the House, and paid the expences for fencing which have already amounted to a considerable sum, and for planting out a new orchard; but as you have otherways disposed of it, I must Submit to the exigency tho I [. . .] find it much more difficult to do anything upon the place. I shall be glad to have the whole buisness setled at [. . .] any sacrifice. I think the Shares will never be lower than they now are. the Directors ought to have disposed of some [of] the Lands instead of a new assesment. The deed shall be forwarded to Atkinson—

<Mrs. Roberts> Nancy has received a letter from Mrs Adams requesting me to get Mrs Dexter to make her a plumb cake. If you can procure half a dozen pou[nds] of currents, 2 pd Box raisons, 1 pd citron, 2 oz Nutmeg, 2 of Maize, 2 of cinnamon and 4 of cloves I can get the other articles at Mr Brislers, and Mrs. Dexter shall come here and make it for her.

I hope the articles sent to Boston are gone as she wants. some of them [. . .] up on Saturday. Your affect Mother,