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[man]ner. I rise every Morning between four and five o'Clock
and attend the Fencing Master till six (not that I ex-
pect or am indeed desirous to become an expert fen-
-cer, but because the exercise is good, and I think it
will tend to set me up, for this I pay three dollars a Month.

The remaining part of the Morning I
employ in writing and reading Italian
until eight o'Clock when I am sum-
-moned to breakfast by my Friend
Mr. Courteney, with whom I have
lived on terms of the greatest initimacy since we
left England. At 9 o'Clock my studies are resumed
and the hour till ten is devoted to English reading.
I then commence my Mathematics, and give two
hours and sometimes more to them. When I have
laid them aside I read French for an Hour. I then
look over my lessons for my Italian Master, and when
they are acquired read Italian will he comes. He re- [remains]
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You have I trust heard lately from my dear Mother and
Sisters, and of their being well. Send them this letter, and ass-
-ure them in my name that time nor distance make no altera-
tion in my affection. My love to James and William, and to
John – If you have occasion to write to my Uncle remember me
most affectionately to them all. Should it have escaped you will
you be so kind as to send me out some Scarlet Cloth, and a little
white Cotton and blue worsted web for Pantaloons

My dear Father I am just going to bed, and shall pray for your
safety and happiness. It is the constant prayer
of your affectionate son

Edwd Mc.Arthur

The Thermometer is now about
83 in the shade, how would Mr. Thompson like it
My compliments to Col. Johnston I hope I may safely congratulate
him on an honorable acquittal.