Queens Col. Nov 26.1760 Dear Papa I made my last letter imperfect,

on account of my not having room enough to say all that I wanted; I find you

had not received it when you wrote your letter. I received my

Cloaths last Saturday sennight, and I

suppose you concluded I had not received them, because M r Jefferson forgot to mention it when he

wrote to you; as he told me he did, (upon the receipt of your letter.) M r Lind has been to see me, with the Cambridge

Verses; I was surprized when he came into the inner Quadrangle,

and asked me whether my Name was Bentham. (for I was just going into my

room) Pray who is thi M r Lind? he is not sure

the Son of that rascall that won't pay his debts, whose tythes

you went to receive, when we were at M r Halls, I

asked him to come up into my Room, and he did accordingly,

and staid about an hour and a half with me. as I was coming

home from D r Lee's who should I meet in the

street but D r Burton? he stared at me, and I

stared at him for a little while, for I did not know him to be D r Burton, tho'I knew his face very well; 'till

at last he spoke to me "so little Bentham, (says he) how do you do,

I saw