those Principles which may conduce, “to render them worthy of the Relation they stood in” to him.  General Arnold has assisted, by generously ordering five hundred Dollars towards their Support.  This I was informd of when I was last in Philadelphia.  I called on him & thank’d him for his Kindness to them.  Whether he has done more for them since, I cannot say.  Probably he originated the Subscription2 you have mentiond to me.  I have omitted to tell you, that two years ago I was in this Town and made a visit to the present General Warren at Plymouth.  His Lady was very sollicitous that the eldest Daughter should spend that Winter with her, and desired me to propose it to Miss.  I did so; but I could not prevail upon her.  She said, that Mrs Miller (Mr Charles Millers Lady) at whose House she then was, did not incline to part with her, and that it would be a Breach of good Manners, and ungrateful for her to leave Mrs Miller against her Inclination.  She very prettily expressd her Obligations to both those Ladies, and thus prevented my saying any more.  I am very certain it was Mrs Warrens Intention to give her Board and Education.  You know the distinguishd Accomplishments of that Lady.  I think it does not appear that Betsy has been altogether friendless and “deserted”; or that the others are in danger of “suffering irreparably on Account of their Education.”  Yet as I am very desirous that they should have the greatest Advantage in their Growth into Life, I shall, among other Friends, think my self much obligd to any Gentleman who, from pure and unmixd Motives, shall add to those which they now enjoy.

I have not yet had the Honor of an Interview with Mr Hancock, since I sent him the Letter which you wrote to us joyntly, and requested his Sentiments thereon.  Adieu, my dear Friends, and believe me to be respectfully

Yours,

1 Numerous bills of John Warren against the United States, for the expenses of the education of Joseph Warren, are in the Massachusetts Archives.

2 The text of this subscription, from an autograph copy by Adams in the Lenox Library, is printed below, pages 171-173.

Copy of A subscription proposd for the benefit of the children of the late major general Warren—­dated at Philadelphia; & inclosd in A letter from E. Gerry & James Lovell to John Hancock & Samuel Adams.

The Honble Major General Warren who after de voting his Time & Talents for many years to his Country, gloriously fell in defending her Rights & Liberties, in the well fought Battle of Bunkers Hill, left four Orphan Children—­Minors, two Sons and two Daughters—­who from his Attention to the great & common Cause of these States, were left unprovided for and who on his Death found themselves without Parents, or the Means of Support.