I doubt not but you received my Letter by Mrs. Pyne. Since writing it I am informed that she has mentioned the Affair of the Girl as the Cause of Seperation. As my Family heared it from Mrs. Stocktons, where she lodged, & from Mr Deare, I have thought it necessary to communicate such part of your Letter as to set that Matter in the Light you represent it, together with your Reasons for dissolving your Partnership. Until my Family heard Mrs. Pynes Relation from several Quarters, I kept your Letter entirely to myself; & I should have continued to do so, had it not become necessary to communicate the Contents, as above mentioned—and I sincerely wish, on Mr Pynes Acct. & her own that the Lady had been more discreet—

Two Men who I believe to be sober, industrious, & quiet, good Farmers, are now in my Offer to hire for a Year—They both have Wives but no Children except the one I mentioned in my Letter by Mrs. Pyne—As both Women understand Country Affairs, are sober & honest, you may perhaps have no objection to this Particular—[the mark indicating an insertion is followed by:] They are Men would suit me if I wanted to here—& was it not for the Child of one, Mrs Morgan would gladly have the Woman first Mentioned in my Letter by Mrs. Pyne—She knows nothing of the other Woman—Only that, ’till her Marriage, she lived altogether in her Fathers House; except at Times when she went out to spin by the Week—I inclose to you my Management of Bees—

The Farmer I mentioned as a Tenant has since the date of my Letter bought a Place at New Ark—If you can spare Time to ride here next Saturday or Sunday, I will send for the Men & their Wives who wish to hire for a Year—

I remain with great Regard Dear Sir Your very Obedient humble Servant