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[illegible] recent circumstances, I cannot
but think injudicioius. In his last letter
he expressed confidence in the wisdom
of the project, and I hope will abandon
it. I thank you for your account of Mr
Tracy. The services of such a man
would be invaluable, & I trust the time
is not remote when more than one
such will recieve support from our
Society. Mr. Tracy shall be mentioned
particularly to our Board, but I am
inclined to think, they will feel
themselves obliged to trust to my
feeble & solitary efforts of the present year. Our
Commitee have determined to make the
Resolution for a time a quarterly not as
promised! a northern work & this change
must reduce very much the labours of
the Editor. It has been thought that in
the present state of our Colony, it would
be difficult to give interest & novelty
to a monthly publication. Another
year such a work may be supported.
Dr Ayres is on his way to the north. He will
probably be accompanied by the {illegible}
an Episcopal clergyman in Philadelphia of
great worth & piety. Their mission is to aid
the objects of our Board; & the statements
of Dr Ayres will I trust have a
powerful influence on all candid
minds. You will probably see these
Gentlemen in Boston or Andover
Your suggestion concerning Bible &
tract Societies is important. At present
I am informed, the Colony is abund-
ly supplied with religious books. As
its numbers increase the plan you
mention must be adopted.
The most
important thing to be done, at this moment
seems to me to be to obtain the consent
of the Churches to take up collections
for our benefit on the Fourth of July.
I have & shall address better in the
name of our Committee to several
ecclesiastical bodies on this subject
& hope they wll recommend the
measure. Pray, Sir, can you see that