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though very young, and without experience, I had to write all the letters, and carry on every kind ofcorrespondence, besides mostly making all the pur-chases and sales. By every packet we had to write twenty or thirty letters to England and Ireland, and to accomplish this, had frequently to sit writing till 12 or 1 o'clock in the morning. I was sedulously and actively employed in business, and in this way acquired considerable knowledge of commercial af-fairs. Our concerns were extensive, and were prose-cuted with tolerable success, respectability, and repu-tation. My brother George was, at this time, in Philadelphia, about 18 years of age. He possessed a remarkably sensible and comprehensive mind. Al-though he had no knowledge of business, he was full of enterprise. By him, in Philadelphia, and by Eddy, Sykes &; Co. in New York, an arrangement was made, with the consent of General Washington, to supply the British and foreign troops with money, who were taken with Lord Cornwallis at York Town. The money was raised by my brother at Philadelphia, drawing on us at New York, and themonies thus raised were paid to the Paymaster of the British and foreign troops, prisoners at Lancas-ter, Pennsylvania, for which he received and sent to Eddy, Sykes &; Co. that Paymaster's drafts on the Paymaster General at New York. By an agreement made with Sir Henry Clinton, the British commander, we were paid six per cent. commission. The whole amount paid amounted to a very large sum, and proved a profitable contract. After being some time in business, I kept house in John street. My most intimate friends, at this time, were Richard and Lawrence Hartshorne. I had formed some acquaintance with Lawrence Harts-horne's sister previous to my coming to New York, and then experienced a tender and warm attachment towards her, and about a year after my coming to New York, I went down to Sandy Hook in company