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THE

LETTER WRITER.


From a friend to Another in the Country.

Dear Sir,
EMBOLDENED by the many proteſtations of friendſhip which you have been ſo kind to make, I take the liberty of humbly requeſting you will be ſo good as to devote the firſt convenient day you have in ſeeking a proper ſchool for my eldeſt ſon; it being my duty, I think, to put him under the care of a good preceptor; for as he is now capable of ſpelling and reading decently, of courſe, he wants the inſtructions of a maſter, not of a miſtreſs. I with him, if poſſible, to be near you, that I may frequently have the pleaſure of hearing a real account of the progreſs which he makes. Your compliance with the above, will be a conſiderable addition to all former obligations, and render me

Your much obliged Servant,