I made a little sketch near Contoocook Falls yesterday.
I go this morning with Dr.McFarland to see some views.

Colonel Kent's family are very polite to me, and I never felt in better spirits; the weather is now fine and I feel as though I was growing fat." CONCORD, August 16, 1816.
I am still here and am passing my time very agreeably.

I have painted five portraits at fifteen dollars each and have two more engaged and many more talked of.

I think I shall get along well.

I believe I could make an independent fortune in a few years if I devoted myself exclusively to portraits, so great is the desire for good portraits in the different country towns.
He must have been a very rapid worker to have painted five portraits in eight days; but, perhaps, on account of the very modest price he received, these were more in the nature of quick sketches.
The next letter is rather startling when we recall his recent assertions concerning "Mrs.Love" and the joys of a bachelor existence.
CONCORD, August 20, 1816.
MY DEAR PARENTS,--I write you a few lines just to say I am well and very industrious.