1817 June 13, Stoddartsville, to Thomas P. Cope Esq., Philadelphia

              Stoddartsville June the 13th. 1817–
Dear Uncle.
By
William Drinker who pass’d Here on the 9th  I receivd thy
remembrance of the 3d inst–  What Charles Miner has done or
is now about I cannot precisely say not hav[ing] seen Him or
any of his friends since [my] Last
I question the
Establishment of the proposed Bank at Wilkes barre & beleive
also that if it ever does go into Operation it will be by
compromise and by a [di----] of the few offices of [---]
attatched to it–  Humble merit will I presume stand but a
poor chance–
Mr Arndt on whom I depended for [the]
Hemlock Bark Has not yet ground it but I hope He will attend
to it shortly–  if it in any degree succeeds [in] England it
will be Highly important to this Count[r]y as well as
convenient to ship overseas–  I beleive that the mak[ing]
pot & pearl Ash might prove an advantageous thing to us more
than to any other persons [We] owning the nearest Large Body
of suitable timber for the purpose – if it will pay for its
mak[ing] & a reasonable sum for outlay & superintendance it
will answer us as a means of clear[ing] Land –
I am glad
that thy mind is made up for a peep at this quarter of the
world – I think it will be likely to be beneficial to thy
Health as also to Aunts – Some Rough travell[ing] there will
no doubt be – but generaly speak[ing] the Roads are
tolerable to the mouth of Tunkhannock–  There