A Copy of your letter of the 8th. of June last came to my hand yesterday1 & is the only one I’ve receiv’d from you of later date than the 1st. of Decbr. last which arrived here on the 18th. of last July—2 You mention to have enclos’d a triplicate of one you wrote me on the 20th: of April, but it was not enclos’d nor have I receiv’d either the original or any Copy of that letter,3 The Copy of our Father’s Will & ^of^ Sr. James’s correspondance being the only papers that I found so enclos’d.4

I am perfectly satisfy’d with this Will & the Codicils annexed to it I think with you that a division of the Real Estate must be postpon’d for the present. Whenever it may be done I am clear for Peter’s taking the Farm at Rye and I desire you to assure him that I will enable him to do it in the manner that he shall think most easy & agreeable to himself. I hope you will continue to pay unceasing attention to every part of the Estate & as I confide in your frugality you may if necessary apply my share of the income to the maintenance of yourself & my other brothers & sisters.5

When I mention’d to Mr. Benson my desire that our little Boy6 shd. remain at Poughkeepsie it was that his Grand-Father might not be depriv’d of that consolation & not from an expectation that he would derive more advantages from his being there than in Jersey both places being in that & many other respects nearly equal for in both he had near & affectionate friends & relations but as to his being plac’d at Goshen I disapprove of it because he is as yet too young to be taken from under the eye & immediate care of his family. I hope you will receive this letter in time to prevent it, if not that you’ll be so kind as immediately to fetch him back to Poughkeepsie & eith let him remain there with you for the winter: before Spring you will probably receive particular directions from me on the subject.7

If a peace should take place it may be in our power to recieve the Legacies left by Mrs. Peloquin— I have not seen her will, but supposing it to be what we heard it was, I think I should be furnished with proper powers of Attorney to receive yours &ca—8

You say nothing of the Health of the Family. God grant that they may all be and continue well—

I wrote to You by Majr. Franks, & sent by him Majr Peters Picture for my Father—9 little did I th nothing had I then heard of his being having been long confined to his bed, much less of having exchanged this world for a better—

I find he has given Plato to me—he doubtless lives with you—tell him he ^I^ shall [have no reasons to mak?] ^remember & ^^reward^^ his attachmt.^ to my Father by making his Life ^as^ easy & happy as may depend upon me— Zelpha & the Mary may ^also^ entertain the same Expectations, & comfort all the old ones ^Servants^ by affe by the letting them percieve that tho they have lost a kind & indulgent master, yet that his Children remember their Services and will not permit the Evg. of their Lives to be involved in Distress—^If New York shd. be evacuated and Claas remain there, treat him kindly for his Mothers Sake^

We have sent ^you^ many things to a very considerable amount for the use of the Family—but I understand that the greater part have been lost—

we are all pretty well—our best wishes allways attend you all— Tell Peter & Nancy [illegible] to keep up their Spirits, to take care of their Health, and by that means join with you in compensating me ^by a happy meeting^ on my Return for the Pain occasioned by our long Separation— Remember us to all our Friends & believe me to be Dr. Fædy, Your aff Brother.10