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[1796]
December 27th 17[page cut off]
Dear Sir:
I received your agreeable letter on
18th Inst, and proceed with pleasure to fulfill the agreem [page cut off]
which was made when you left this place for North Ca [page cut off]
A literary correspondence, between two persons engaged [page cut off]
pursuit of science can not fail, if properly [??], to
by entertaining and instruction. And, I confess, whe [page cut off]
[page cut off]bed of your intention to forsake Princeton, the pain
[feel?] at the idea of parting with an old friend was
[illegible] alleviated by the reflection that I should [??][page cut off]
improvement and pleasure from your letters. Thi[page cut off]
the language of flattery. It is not a compliment
course. It is what I really think and feel.
Your letter contains an account of a conversation with Gener[page cut off]
[??] on the evidences of Christianity. The manner in whi[page cut off]
reasoned with him was very ficticious and [??]
it will prompt him to enquire with accuracy into the [??][page cut off]
The progress of Deism in the Southern States is a most a[page cut off]
ing and melancholy circumstance, and it is the du[page cut off]
every friend to [??] to exert himeself with [??] [page cut off]
in opposing a system that [??] except [??] morals are[page cut off]
[??] liberty. The general prevalence of Atheism and Deis[page cut off]
among a people is a sure mark of a corrupted state [??]