Now I have all pages. Let me compile the transcription, using the alternate copies (pages 8–10) to fill in what the primary pages (3–5) leave unclear. [Endorsement on outside of letter]: [27 June 1796] [Wm D. Murray] [Athens] [4^th July] [The Honorable [undecipherable]] [Text on address panel]: a friend of mine has been solicited [for?] warrants for Land in [undecipherable] — he can procure more, & [himself?] too — If you can with propriety inform me I wish you would tell me, of a warrant could be issued to the use of the applicant [undecipherable] — as it would save the trouble of riding after — [undecipherable] early man who gave him power of attorney or what [a?] design was to [undecipherable] 2^d. June 96. Cambridge My dear Sir, My 'best friend' is better and to keep her [undecipherable] have indulged her not in a sea voyage [undecipherable] The declining [undecipherable] in bargaining for the most healthful farm in this [country?]. It is a bon[e] a mile from the village, Come down a [upon?] [undecipherable] elevation & [undecipherable] a variety [of?] view wort[hy] of a [better] country — & will be I am certain [undecipherable] — It contains 150 acres — 40 [of?] fair woods — in the woods I shall [soon?] give the [undecipherable] a [squirrel?] [undecipherable] so [quit?] that I may burn bricks to advantage on the [undecipherable] for the foundation of a small neat House — the la[dy?] [undecipherable] owns it is at [George?] Town & by the [Packet?] of this [moment?] [undecipherable] [friend?] here [writes?] that he has [power?] at my terms to [purchase?] which [is?] $800 — at two [easy?] payments by [yearly?] instalments — By next April I shall be there — I should have been [mortified?] had you not minded me [undecipherable] much — get well & I know [soon?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] such a [city?] so [undecipherable] [undecipherable] and various a man's [place?] is occupied — I have felt that myself in London & without blame for I was old when, naturally by the genius of [the?] [undecipherable] & when I left the thought struck [undecipherable] now near as if it had been news that in that greater [class?] [undecipherable] I had never minded any one in two worlds [undecipherable] I too [thought?] not to be minded but so it is — & large cities is a bad [scene?] to illustrate [undecipherable] of [underline: Constancy] in — We had heard of the capture — at [times?] [undecipherable] it [was?] [half?] clear violation [undecipherable] that the captor [would?] [undecipherable] to take the ship. Knowing her [destination?] as [a?] [undecipherable] [was?] genuine American property — but since we [have?] [undecipherable] that this ca[p]tion [been?] that she belonged to Mr. Dunkins as a British subject — now [re]marks to others [undecipherable] is that it is to be expected that the [French?] [undecipherable] faction in this country will [undecipherable] induce the government to wink at such acts as some indemnification [undecipherable] having aborted our real independence in the Treaty — [undecipherable] my real [fears?] — This idea strikes me too on hearing of these cap[tures?]. The U.S. will not vindicate the rights of [its?] citizens [undecipherable] by British subjects since the [war?] by their acts of naturalization — because the [British?] say those persons are [within?] subjects — now if the French take the [property?] of [those?] [re]siding in this country, & we should complain of this as a wrong done to our citizens. They will say, no — [he?] [undecipherable] the [property?] of [British?] subjects, not of American citizens — not [even?] [re]garding them as neutral [rights?] — as is done by [one?] nation, as [last?] a [case?] [undecipherable] Sir Thomas's [undecipherable] could you say in such a case — I could you allow [undecipherable] view to [treat?] those persons as subjects & yet [also?] [France?] treating them as American Citizens? — I [would?] not be [surprised?] if our Government [was?] to adopt some mode of [undecipherable] [re]aining these cases like that & I have mentioned — I am indebted to you for many [condescensions?] & among others that [interest?] me more than [Party?]. [Park?] aside you are [undecipherable] [on?] the [treaty?] [undecipherable] [a?] [map?] of the [addition?] [undecipherable] [complete?] [a?] [few?] [later?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] From [me?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable signature]