Boston July 15, 1846

Dear Bradburn,

     Leach[?] says he will board you a week for $3.50, if you will take a room with me—but he has no single room at ____ that he could give you—I hope you will come.

     I received the paper containing your report in the case of the Nantucket schools. It is a very forcible and just view of the subject—contains some very good law points---

     What is the meaning of this horrible fire at Nantucket? Have they no inquires? Or no men?

     I will not dispute with you about Fletcher Webster’s speech—it was so much better than I expected, that I could not help thinking it quite credible to him. I had heard that he did not know much, and therefore I did not expect much—and was in some degree agreeably disappointed.

     By the way, when you come to Boston, do not fail to ask Leavitt to let you see the last Norfolk County American. It has two most scarifying articles on Abbot Lawrence, Fletcher Webster, Winthrop __. They are worth a journey from Lowell to see—

                                      Yours sincerely,

                                      L. Spooner

I do not hear any thing from the ladies at Lynn—how I should like to look in upon them.