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A letter from John Drayton, pleased to learn of their safe arrival and hoping that "Dear Glennie" [Glenn Drayton] had recovered from the smallpox, explaining why he had been unable to send a bill of exchange "for the money due you from the Public," yellow fever in Charleston, stating that he had not received the money from Tom, reporting the sale of their rice and his disappointment at the price, relating the condition of Glen's Negro woman--"she does nothing being Incapable, always afflicted with fits, which has so affected her, she is now an Idiot," mentioning that another African American had been killed, discussing the value of Glen's nineteen African American slaves purchased in 1756 and concluding "so you see you are a gainer, of upwards of £400," and commenting on his sons William and Charles--"as for Charles he may if you approve, go with his Brother [to college], or he may be directed as you please otherwise, so he comes not out in an awkward, or disagreeable light and if Billy can be accomplished without going to the College, he need not go, if it is with your approbation, but let him not, at all events come out before he attains an easy air, carage & good behaviour in company, altho' he stays two years to come."

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