yesterdy recd. mdp. yrs. of four […] may closg. df pro. mill. few dys ’fore one from —— shewg. that hd. vaild of that wch for grantd. wd have pd. Taylor, & brougt honor to fact that hve accepd. dft. last relatg to act of c.b. wch. presume is wht. you refd. to as stl deterng. you; & I trust has put an end to that obstacle, tho accd draft at its import […] that furthr. time alowd. If possible get —— indorse. suspnsn. if desd. by oblgr, for some months at least a year if possible,* interst. going on. You can’t surely be [un] awre of the dbts & diffs. prsng on us—crops & prices both failg. and prest. pros deplble. No rain scarcely since July last, hence not half. Tobo. qualy. bad & bad price for good qlty. Threatd now Wth totl. loss of tobo. plts for this yr. from frost, drght & insects in seed bd. and the wht. filds full of H. fly, favd. by want of rain, under these circumsts. havg every thg. to buy—& no possibily of selling property, wch. I try in vain to do, it is diffcult to pay the interest on the loans obtained, you must see then the imposy of supportg yur xpnses any where bt. at home. I am sorry to find you leang on the hpe of office, a worse prospect in every view, than with yr. parts., but if a choice of offers, with prot. and prest. Sente—be assured, that nothing so likely to defeat, as the view wd. be taken of yr. loss of respectaby. every day increased by embarrassts. &c. always obstcles in such cases. Let me advise yu. thus far not to count on wht. yr. friend not be able to do, & wht. if done, promise no adequ[a]te or permt. ground to stand upon. But at all evts. quit yr present situation & come to yr home. I have not shewn yr. letter nor mentd. the subjt. of it to——had once intendd. not write [a]gain, but such few lines by 1st mail. The tendernss. of her affctn may restrain her pen, expressg all that she feels, but it is propr. you sd know that her hlth & spirits are b[o]th sinkg. undr. the mortifcation & forebodings produced by yr. absence & silence, & what she infers from the scanty letters at long intervls. from. I hope that on the rect. of my last, you will have written to her, if not write [the] mome[n]t you recve. this, if but an hour before you set out. The arrival of a mail wtht. a leter is drea[d]ful, and I conclude with conjuring you to put an end to the