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You have 'ere this received from George full accounts
of our health & all that concerns us here, as we learnt
yesterday, through Mrs. Blackford, that he reached the University
on Saturday last ( the 17th). I had not supposed that
we should get this information through an indirect channel,
especially as he had promised his grandmother to write from
Baltimore or Washington, if it was only five lines, to let her
know whether Emily Robins had been able to got down the Chesapeake.
He should be cautious in making promises, but when
once made, they should be faithfully & strictly fulfilled. I
always thought a friend of Mr. Long's passed the highest encomium
on him when he said that he (Long) was one of the very
few men he had met with in life who always did a little more
than he promised. I hope George will be diligent in improving
the very great advantages of his present situation, both in
attending Mr. Shaw, & most of the others lectures.
This is General Washington's birthday—which was
ushered in by a salute of 31 guns. The Richmond Blues have come
on by invitation to share in the festivities of the day.
I sent a copy of my late work on the Census to C.
Clay at Washington for George. I shall send one to the Doctor
Mr. Broadus & Mr. Smith. The Lowries, formerly of New York, &
now on a visit from England, supped with us last evening. Mrs.
Outerbridge has lately added a little girl to her family, which
now consists of four sons and four daughters.
Tell Mary I ventured to buy the Chinese candlesticks
as I thought they would be acceptable & the price was low. I
hope the china pleased her. You seemed to have been much pleased
with Mr. Wise's speech at Charlottesville. He is no doubt an
amusing & sometimes fircible speaker—but one whom I dont much
esteem. Extremely vain, as well as ambitious, he has been remarkably
versatile both as to me & measures, & constant only to
on purpose the advancement of Henry A Wise. Still I would
prefer him as Governor to many who might be brought forward.
Your mother sends her love. Remember me to the
Doctor Mary, Maria, their husbands George & the other children,
in which your mother unites, & believe me to be
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