Please capitalize where necessary: i am very glad to hear that you have the prospect of being joined with mr james gregory in the professorship of mathematics at edinburgh, not only because you are my friend, but principally because of your abilities, you being acquainted as well with the improvements of mathematics as with the former state of those sciences.
I am very glad to hear that you have the prospect of being joined with Mr James Gregory in the Professorship of Mathematics at Edinburgh, not only because you are my friend, but principally because of your abilities, you being acquainted as well with the improvements of Mathematics as with the former state of those sciences.