other states will soon follow in the godlike example
since I had the honour of receiving your favor
subject of the two 18 pound cannon taken from the deposit of the public stores by the owners of Hope Furnace, I have made several applications to Gov. Bowen for proof of their claims to said cannon in order that I might transmit the same agreeable to your request
not yet been able to obtain said proof and two months having elapsed since you wrote me on the subject I have thought it proper to assure you I have not been inattentive to your request and persevere in my applications
obtain the aforesaid proof when I will do myself the honor to transmit the same to you
affords me peculiar to congratulate you on the adoption of the new constitution by the late convention of Massachusetts
most interesting & important event