ALS, 2pp, 16mo, to unnamed correspondent

Is "at present engaged in building a large School upon my property in Buckinghamshire and in providing Apprentices, Master & Mistress &c. I do this entirely at my own expense without seeking aid from the Government or from any of the Societies. This more than absorbs the sum which I think it right to set apart annually for Educational purposes, and leaves nothing which I can appropriate to the Bristol & Foreign School Society." He hopes "all is going on well in the City", but he finds "the occupations of a country life both agreeable & benefici to body & mind". Remains of stub still adhering to margin, resulting in slight loss of text.