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NewBern 5th July 1797

Sir

This will be handed you by Mr Perrin
the french gentleman, whom General Davis
requested me to speak to, to get him to go up to
the University to teach the young gentlemen
to dance.

From what General Davis has written to
me on the subject, and Judge Sitgreaves has
mentioned to Mr Perrin, he has agreed to go up,
and will set off tomorrow. His intentions are to
aportion the number or Scholars he will be able to get,
and in what manner he can board himself & his son,
a boy of about six years old.

He does not undertake to teach the english dances
but, the minuet, & french dances such as cotillions
[congos?] &c &c. his terms are two Dollars pr. month
for which he teaches three afternoons in each
week. General Davis supposes he may get between
fifty & sixty scholars at the University, and Judge
Sitgreaves informs him that he thinks probable
he may have a tolerable good school at
Hillsboro