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but feel they would be thought improper. “_”I am ready to answer any you shall propose
and I wish you to make some”_”Who then is that lady, I conjecture me”_” If the one
whose letters you have seen”_”so I imagined.” He then mentioned some circumstances
which rendered her residents at home very distressing, said he most earnestly wished
she could get settled at Brunswick, for then beside many great advantages, she
might gain that inestimable blessing the friendship of Margaraet Bayard.
She could neither teach drawing, mind on the languages, but anything else she could. I
said, / but not unfeelingly Margaret/ that her hand-writing was not very good. No, he replied, she had unfortunately neglected it, yet he had seen good writing by her. Poor girl her sufferings have been great, he felt, Margaret when he spoke of them, he seemed to endeavor to conceal to overcome his feelings, but they did not escape any observation.

Adress written vertically: “Miss Bayard, New Brunswick, New Jersey”

Why should he wish to subdue the sympathies which bind human beings together why should he not let me see as well so left me in a [. ], that he was greived at her misfortunes. “ He sat with me till near eleven, ‘tis a long time since I have had such
an interesting conveersation with him. I inclose this segment, and I know your benevolent heart too well to think it necessary to enforce it. I fear Miss Mary would not consider her as accomplished. but Mrs. [. ] taught there and surely Miss P__ may be quite as capable. I wish I could visit her. Mary Wolestonecraft would have found the means her [ ] to accumulate, and these rays of hope, which once fully lighted her gloomy destiny gradually to disappear. Write to me soon. Farewell.

Maria Templeton