Again I have to thank <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />you for a very long<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> kind & <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />instructive letter, full of <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />valuable counsel, & which I <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />shall treasure no less for its <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />own sake, than for the <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />purpose of following the advice <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />you honor me by giving.