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Your kind letter of the 6th inst came to hand and its heartfelt contents carefully perused. I see expressed in
every line a deep and abiding interest in my present wellfare and future prosperity and happiness
for which I return you my sincere thanks and gratitude. You wrote me principaly concerning my
health which at the time I wrote the letter you saw was very bad indeed, but now I am in robust
health and the finest spirits you ever saw. The course you advised me to adopt I took in hand
before you wrote me and which too was the principle cause of my restoration. The cause of my ill
health was confinement. When I joined the college I was deficient on every thing and in
consequence of which I was at first rejected, being informed of my rejection I did not know what
step to pursue, I disliked to return home and I thought it would be a bad chance to get in any
other institution so you may judge how I felt far from home, in the midst of strangers and not
being able to get in college. A thousand thoughts in acoat
wont meeton me, having resumed by studies I am now marching up the fair hill of
science like some proud stemer up the mighty bosom of the father of waters, and will never rest
satisfied until I shall have climbed the last round of the ladder of fame and can stand upon the
topmost pinnicle of human glory. As the ten oclock bell is ringing I shall take your advice and
retire
I suppose you would like to learn some of the particulars of the
Stewart County
not excepted. The vicinity is so poor that when a man dies they are compelled to maneuvre his grave to enable him to arise in the judgement day. The
institution is of long standing and extensive character it was founded in the year 1787 and
received the name of University in 1816 and can without transcending the bounds of reason or
varacity boast of having sent out a greater number of prominent men than any institution in the
Give my highest regard to all your family and finely accept for yourself the warmest thanks and since friendship of
I am in college on every thing.