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East Hill

Colchester

Jan^y 1^st / 55

My dear Sir,

I beg to enclose Charles’ account for the last Half-year amounting to £70.. 14.. 7 –

I have much satisfaction in being able to give a good report for he continues to be industrious and painstaking and is making a very steady progress in his lessons – I am still more happy to be able to add a good account of his improvements in the most essential points of character and disposition, and I hope that M^rs Talbot and yourself may have every reason to coincide in my opinions of his conduct, during the holidays – and to as he is now one of my oldest boys, I need not say how important it is to me, that he should set a good example both in and out of school –

M^rs Williams desires to write in kind Comp^ts to M^rs Talbot, and the good wishes of the season,

and I remain D^r Sir, Yours Truly

James A. Williams –

Our holidays end on the 19^th