Cincinnati June 27th 1838


Dear Brother


Yours of the 16th I have just
received : that of the 25th also came to hand
when on the eve of [ ] amidst the hurry
& confusion of business and had no time to
notice till now.  Even at this moment I am
illy prepared to follow through the different
passages of either letter.  I therefore will have
to be brief on every point here noticed, and at
some convenient opportunity will expand.


The most necessary subject for me to
write on is unquestionably that of money matters.
Indeed it is a sorry subject and at a most
unfortunate period.  It is however generally
inferred that when a Man wishes to evade
a point that a multitude of excuses follows.
I am not disposed however to either but would
gladly assist you to any extent you could ask
me.  Your anxiety to remove that incumbrance
in N.Y. is fully demonstrated by your last letter
& your sentiments have called forth my resources of
mind more than of purse.  The reason that the one is
at present better stored than the other.  From [ ]
that have not escaped me I verily believe
that you are not the only one in the back ground
in N.Y. and as dunning is no doubt the [ ] of
the way you should not allow it to distress you
more than it has.  Say ‘tis a fashionable [ ]
and let it set lightly as possibly on your feelings.
Angcious [anxious] however to assist you I have my mind
for your [ ] assistance, my purse for the future..
To the point!  William Winter is now doing well
and this information coming from good
good authority, I doubt not but he can pay
at least in part, my account against him.  Through
him I suggest the means of relieving you, in which