His chief merit is to have introduced a systematic culture of the
wine-grape and wine manufacture, by the importing and settlement
of German planters in that region, and the trade is thriving to
the general benefit. His son Joseph is a well-bred gentleman of
literary tastes, whose position and good heart make him largely
hospitable. His wife is a very attractive and excellent woman,
and they are good friends of mine. It seems I have at some
former time told her that, when she went to England, she should
see you. And they are going abroad, soon, for the first time.
If you are in London, you must be seen of them.
But I hailed even this need of taxing once more your often taxed
courtesy, as a means to break up my long contumacy to-you-ward.
Please let not the wires be rusted out, so that we cannot weld
them again, and let me feel the subtle fluid streaming strong.
Tell me what is become of _Frederic,_ for whose appearance I have
watched every week for months? I am better ready for him, since
one or two books about Voltaire, Maupertuis, and company, fell in
my way.
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