BurrillJames18190616_001

P Ady [Phillips Academy] June 16th 1819

Dear Father

I received your kind & affectionate letter
yesterday I was very glad to receive it I had been down
to the post office every day and was much disappointed & thought
that you was sick [y?] untill [until] you wrote I was very anxious about you
You said In your letter you could not excuse the writing I will
try now to do so well as to need no excuse. Mr Adams says unless I pay
my entrance money which is $5 soon I cannot stay here any longer.
As for spending money I do not want any. I want 1 doll [dollar] to buy a
Seletae & [s?]5 cts to pay for having my Latin dictionary bound.
I am In good health and I hope you and the family are the same.
Levi has been quite anxious on account of his not recieving [receiving] any
letter from hom. An Incident happened the other day which I
think worth relating it was as follows There were [2?] boys came
here to school one of them being home sick ran away home
and to day [today] his father brought him back. Give my love to little
little Sarah and all my Sisters & companions

Your affectionate & dutiful son

James A Burrill [underlined]