Rev.d and ever Hono.d Father.
Last Fryday
ab.
t 10
oc I heard y.
e h
^e^avy and
maloncolly News of y.
e death of My Dear de
=parted Brother
Maltby, (tho' it was leſs heavy
y
n it wo'd have been had I not have had y.
t agreeable interview, I was fav
d
w
th at my
hono.d Uncles at
Long Meddow, on my way
to
Connecticut) in whose Company & Fraternal
love I had promiſsed myself much delight
& satisfaction; But He is gone, & I believe
Sir, gone to his Father, therefore
I as I love'd
him I cannot wish him back — Little did I
think w
n we parted, und.
r our respective States
of Bodey it w.
d have been my part to have
carried w
th me daily y.
e Mourners Garbe,
but God still governs, & I think, Sir, I still
feel a glow of strength & vigour rising from
y.
e
tho't while I write.
I have never yet had an oppert
unty to write
You w
n I have had strength of Bodey, as is y.
e case now, viz an oppertunity, tho' I hope for
one by
White, w
re I have been some time; &
found y.
e Parent &
y.
e Friend.
—D.r Huntington
shew'd a discouragm.
t
w
n I first apply'd to him for
help, however would attempt it a close applicat
n of Medicens might be attended to, w
h has been
my steady care till now — &
und.
r
y.
e
bleſsing of my
divine Lord I find myself gain
g, am able to
walk w
thout fear as far as
miſs Gagers
&c —
yet find my Nervous System much decaed, &
spent w
n
y.e
D.r says my Fitts
w
th all my
other disorders have lain from my Infancy,
w
h he thinks may (after my late distreſs.
g
Sick
=neſs) be help'd, by a change of all — my Fitts are
lighter, my mind more my own, & my Nerves
stronger
Stronger, tho' I am but just able to keep ab
t, &
converse w
th my Friends.
y.e
D.r daily longs to see
You, Sir, once more before he meets You in
Heaven
I found noth
g new at
Hartford as I came
down
— All are well at
Hebron, w.
t
M.r Pomeroy thinks of a removal I can't yet learn
,— I lodg'd
at y.
e
Col
os one night,
M.r Buckminster says he
really thinks, things have been wrongly
represent
‐ed of y.
e
Col:
o
y.
t his friendſhip for You Sir &
Y
os are greater Y
n is tho't — I have spent several days
in
Norwich, bleſsed be God. I find Friends abroad
uncommonly kind & affectionate. I spent an after
noon w
th
^Mr^ Occom, his mind has been filld, & from
abroad, tho' I did not see his Letters, w
th many
th.
gs
w
h to him he calls very hard, &
appeard to
me to be easy whether he was still connected w
th
y.e School or not, he means to justifie all his
conduct in his treatm.
t of You, viz, y.
t it has been w
th honesty as to a parent &
greives
y.
t
Y.
r Heart as
a Fathers is gone; I attempted to mention some
things of his conduct to You but to little purpose,
He is, he says, at Y.
r Service at all times w
n You call for him as for other Miſs
arys
&c —
Col.o Jabez = I hear, will send a Son to Y.
r care,
as will
Col.o Dyer
&
Col.o Conant = the Cause has
its friends, as well as its enemies in y.
e
Goverment
— I saw
M.r Kirtland last week at
Esq.r Grays as he calld to see me, vastly kind affectionate & friendly
designs to see you on his way home —
I am now at y.
e
Crank, it is y.
e same; &
its Inhabitants are y.
e same, friends & enemies
tho'
tho' I am happy eno'f to keep out of y.
ir Jars,
M.r Brockaway told me Yesterd
y he designd to
leave 'em after two Sabbath, an agreeable
man, but an ungreatfull
pp: —
I meet my Sister
Abby
y.
e
2nd
Inst.t on
my way from
Norwich
to
Windham she was
well & in good Spirits —
Bingham obtains a good Name from
y.
e Neighbours, but has lived an unhappy
life w
th
M.r
Loomiſs in y.
e House, tho' I hope now
for better doings —
I am setting out for
Hartford
w
th
Gurley (who gives Duty) to Visit my friends & keep on
y.
e move as
y.e
Doct.r says — I hope by Divine
leave to return before winter to
You, Sir, &
be able to do someth.
g to ease Y
r burdens.
Please present unfeigned Duty to
my
hono.d Mother, Love to y.
e Brothers & Sister
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& to all,
M.r Woodward I w.
d
greatfully rememb
=er his kindneſs in his Letter, &
w.
d write but
have not strength now —
And Accept much Duty to Yourself
hono.d Sir, from