I am glad my dear sister has so good and kind a neighbour. I
sometimes suspect she may be backward in acquainting me with
circumstances in which I might be more useful to her. If any such
should occur to your observation, your mentioning them to me will be
a favour I shall be thankful for. With great esteem, I have the
honour to be, Reverend Sir, &c.
HONEST HERETICS
_To Benjamin Vaughan_
_October_ 24, 1788.
------ Having now finished my term in the Presidentship, and
resolving to engage no more in public affairs, I hope to be a better
correspondent for the little time I have to live. I am recovering
from a long continued gout, and am diligently employed in writing the
History of my Life, to the doing of which the persuasions contained
in your letter of January 31, 1783, have not a little contributed. I
am now in the year 1756 just before I was sent to England. To
shorten the work, as well as for other reasons, I omit all facts and
transactions that may not have a tendency to benefit the young
reader, by showing him from my example, and my success in emerging
from poverty, and acquiring some degree of wealth, power, and
reputation, the advantages of certain modes of conduct which I
observed, and of avoiding the errors which were prejudicial to me.
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