Timon will receive the bearer, Frederick B. Lewis, the nephew of Mrs. Alford, into his seminary. He comes in company with the sons of Messrs.Watson Laforge, Delaroche, and Mosely. He is 15, has been raised in Arkansas by his step-father Colonel Walker; Alford believes Timon will find his disposition and habits to be good. Alford wishes him to study reading, writing, and arithmetic; he desires that the boy understand geography and the use of maps. Probably the boy will remain in the Seminary a year or more. Alford sends $50 by him as so much of a tuition fee, the balance to be forwarded in due time., P.S. Mrs. Alford's mother is quite sick. :: IV-3-i A.L.S. 3pp. folio