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in every branch the very highest
stand. Nor was this all or
the chief part.

So honorable, upright & high
-toned was he that Rev. [Parstport?]
of that Institution was anxious
to retain him [confer to find?]
tried both in scholarship & [morals?]
to his alma mater, but want of
the necessary funds alone pre-
vented. The very highest recri-
minations can be furnished
from the whole Corps of Professors
to his qualifications & character
if more than this statement of
[justs?] is needed.

Since his graduation he has
been engaged in teaching, but
the parents of his scholars all so
extremely anxious to retain
his services were too poor to
renumerate him. So that to
eke out a bare subsistence
for himself & to aid his father
in the support of his family