00133_0082: Correspondence, 1799

University November 5th 1799 Dear Sir I was agreeably surprised at the receipt of your letter of the 2nd inst. such generous offers from a man with whom I have hitherto formed but a superficial acquaintance were, I assure you unexpected; Should our circumstances render it inconvenient for me to avail myself of them, they have nevertheless imposed an obligation, which will ever be remembered. It would be severly desirable to shed Law with you, as I should consider your patronage, my greatest