Scope and Contents Was sorry to hear of his brother's severe and painful attack; sends a prescription of living solely on oatmeal porridge for six weeks; did not send marble hearths and casings for the upstairs rooms because he feels that would be too expensive; discussses the possibility of sending his slave, John, to help his brother, "Say to my brother I am very willing, for him to have John as long as he wishes him, provided John is willing to go to the Western Shore,...I am perfectly willing, but cannot compel him to separate from his friends and wife...and if John is willing I am not only willing, but desirous that my brother should have him as long as he lives"; shares his views on the treatment of slaves as "conscientious"; owns no ploughboy of the kind that his brother would like, being that his other slaves are unsuitable, George is too young and Harry is too old; speaks of other furnishings for the house that he has procured for her; sends a total of the amount of money he has paid so far.