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To the Hon: & Revd. the Trustees of Phillips Academy
Gentlemen--

During my residence with
Madam Phillips, of nine years & upwards, she copied
out from the favorite Authors, which she read for her
own edification, a multitude of extracts, which she,
in various ways, passed to me, for my use. I do not
know how to dispose of these papers, as the time approaches
when they must pass into other hands, better than to tender
them to your acceptance & care, to be preserved as a memorial
of the Religious Taste & Doctrinal partialities of one of the
Founders of the Theological Institution.

I also place in the Trunk, with the above mentioned
papers, a little book, the Choice Drop of Honey from the
Rock Christ, which she carried in her pocket many
years, for ready & convenient use, that she might have
something at hand to occupy her mind, & give her thoughts
a profitable direction, whenever she found herself
unoccupied. At the close of her life she gave this copy
to me.

I also take the liberty to add another small book,
(now in a new edition) which was, for a long time,
held by her in high estimation. The Contemplations
& Letters of Henry Dorney she had, in an old edition,
which came down to her from her pious ancestors.
It was on her table next to her Bible & Hymn Book.
The high value, in which she held it, may be perceived
by the very large extracts she made from it for my
use.
The high value, in which she held it, may be perceived

To the Hon: & Revd. the Trustees of Phillips Academy
Gentlemen--

During my residence with
Madam Phillips, of nine years & upwards, she copied
out from the favorite Authors, which she read for her
own edification, a multitude of extracts, which she,
in various ways, passed to me, for my use. I do not
know how to dispose of these papers, as the time approaches
when they must pass into other hands, better than to tender
them to your acceptance & care, to be preserved as a memorial
of the Religious Taste & Doctrinal partialities of one of the
Founders of the Theological Institution.

I also place in the Trunk, with the above mentioned
papers, a little book, the Choice Drop of Honey from the
Rock Christ, which she carried in her pocket many
years, for ready & convenient use, that she might have
something at hand to occupy her mind, & give her thoughts
a profitable direction, whenever she found herself
unoccupied. At the close of her life she gave this copy
to me.

I also take the liberty to add another small book,
(now in a new edition) which was, for a long time,
held by her in high estimation. The Contemplations
& Letters of Henry Dorney she had, in an old edition,
which came down to her from her pious ancestors.
It was on her table next to her Bible & Hymn Book.
The high value, in which she held it, may be perceived
by the very large extracts she made from it for my
use.
The high value, in which she held it, may be perceived