Nathanael Green

“ It gives me singular Pleasure to hear Miss Polly begins to feel the Dignity of her own Standing and to judge properly between mere Pleasure and solid Improvement. A just Task for the Polite Arts and Prospects and such only as are ornamental to Human Nature. The best way of living is to mix Business and Pleasure. ”

“ M Thomas Farr also introduce him to your Friends in Newport. I have given him Letter to a Number of my old Acquaintances in Newport, Providence & Boston.
I rejoice to hear your children are in such a happy Way. Education is the Foundation of all Business and the Corner Stone of Reason and Consequence in Life. I would rater have Education than Fortune. One is easier obtained than the other after you arrive to years of Maturity, but both may be got by great Application unless opposed by a current of Endless misfortune. ”

“ Everything is dull here and sells for less than the first Cost, come almost from what quarter it may. Little Business is done but a Vendues and the Difficulty of Selling to advantage at these you know as well as I do. ”