Your known love of literature, and the great advantages which the Cause of Science has derived from your And happy discoveries encourags me to address you, in behalf of our infant Seminary of learning in this place. The town of Carlisle, being pleasantly Situated in a rich and healthy part of this State (over which we rejoice that you at Present, preside) and being nearly in the center of the same, is we think one of the most Suitable places that could have been thought off for the erection of a College. I need not attempt to point out to you the many advantages arising from Seminaries of learning. They are well Known to you. Daily experience convinces us, that they are necessarry to qualify men to fill important offics both in Church and State, with ability and honour. This Seminary in particular will be more usfull then any other yet founded, in defusing liberal knowledge throughout our western world. Few of the Youth in this place, or to the westward of this Can be much benefited by your eastern seminaries.

We have met with considerable encouragement from gentlemen of librial Sentiments, by private Donations, but have not recived any encouragement or assistanc from goverment. Our application is now before the honorable Assembly, and I hop that they will do somthing for us. Permit me, Sir, to request your intrest and influence, with that honorable Body, in behalf of our infant institution you know Sir than money is Absolutly necessarry to make all the wheels of such a machine move with ease and harmony. This is the only thing that we stand in need of.

Our College increases daily with Students, whose views and whose wishes is to Compleat an education here. We are under the necessity of enlarging our building in order to have apartments sufficient for the Professors and pupils. This from the infant State of our funds, and the large Sum we are obliged to advance to Discharge the expence of Dr. Nisbets coming here, and returning again to his own countray. We cannot do, unless we are aided by our Legislature either by givening us a sum of money, or lending us two or three thousand Pounds, for some years without Intrest, as was done some years ago, for the University. The Constitution encourages us to hope for the assistance we crave. We had hopes of profiting by the Publick Buildings here but this we are at present oblaged to lay aside, and to depend on our own exertions, and the assistance that we expect from the assembly. Your Good Wishes and frindly aid will, I am convinced, be of Singular service in this Business allow me therfore, as a Trustee and warm friend of this College to solicit your Friendship in so doing, you will Greatly oblage the Trusties in General and me in particular I am Honorable Sir with great respect your most obedient and Very Humble Servant