your Fav
r of
16 Feb
laſt I Rec
d
w
th Great Plea
ſure
&
Thankfulneſs in
Septr I am the more obliged for your Goodneſs
in it as It came
[illegible] from your
[illegible]
Friendſhip without any Motive of
My Repeat
d
L
rs to you w
ch as you dont mention I conclude
you have not Rec
d. I Return My warmeſt thanks for your kind &
moſt
deſira
ble
Friendſhip
&
at the Same [illegible][guess: time]but bluſh to See what Great Notice
you take of My Reſpect
&
Friendſhip^affection^ for my Dear
Siſter; the
beſt
& one of the moſt
deſerv
g of women for w
m If I had any Senti
ments of Piety virtue, or Even humanity, I
could Not but have
the moſt tender
Affection
^Reſpect^
Since I have had the happineſs of her ac‐ quaintance for the Sincerity,
Integrity, Tenderneſs of her heart, the
diſtinguſhing
accompliſhments of Mnd God has bleſsed her with, her
undiſsembled piety, Conſtant, Friendſhip
&
undeſerved
affect
n
&
alſo
Con ſiderg
^knowg^ that Tender Love ſhe
Expreſs
d for my dear B
r (Now no More)
w
ch
Inducd her leve her Native Land her Dear &
moſt
deſerv
g Friends & come into a far diſtant
Land^Country^ among Perſons Unknown to
her. Alaſ
w
t have I done for her? how little C
d I do but wiſh
It had been in My Power to Render her as happy as ſhe
C
d
wiſh
to be. long before this Reaches you you will know that ſhe has
changed her Cond
n
& Situation & Married M
r
Wm Smith of
N York a very worthy Gentleman & of high Character Among all virtues
People there & In
this Colony to whom he is known; a
Gentleman
of ample Fortune & one of his Majeſties Council there. there
are ſome
Circumſtances
^connected^
[illegible][guess: which] I
was
[illegible]afraid w
d not be Agreable to her
his Large Family, & the Place. however I
own^confeſs^ upon the whole
I
could
not but
[illegible]thought it adviſable for her to comply with the
Propoſal, as Providence Seemd Evidently to Point out & lead the
way & to open a Proſpect for her more Extenſive
uſefulneſs, &
I hoped^hopg
alſo it wd be a means to diſsipate
ye Gloom &
Melancholly
wch is too apt to Cloud her mind.^
y
t the Troubles
[illegible]^[illegible][guess: muſt attend]^ her Situation h
d not
[illegible]
y
e the uncomfortable Sollitude of her widdowhood.
[illegible]Yet I own in giv
g
that
advi
ceſ
g
to her^her to a compliance wth
ye
[illegible][guess: propoſal]^ I was obligd to
[illegible]^go Counter
to^ My own moſt
Earneſt^Strong^
de
ſires
^[illegible][guess: knowg
yt
[illegible][guess: by]
[illegible][guess: Remove] I muſt be]^ Deprived My
Self of ſome of the deareſt Comfort &
ſociety
of my life. Part
g with her was a Painful & bitter thing one of
the hardeſt Partings of my Friends I have Ever Experienced. for tho there
is no Sea betwixt us yet I have Never had the Small Pox
& the fear of
[illegible]g
y
e Infection at
New York
whichis is Seldom
Clear of it bars me from the hope of Seeing her.
[illegible][guess: however for]^but^ the
Proſpect of her Comfort &
uſefulneſs
I [illegible][guess: wd]
Patiently deny my Self^teaches Me yt tis my duty to bear Patiently^
the Great Satiſfaction^ye
loſs or want of yt
Pleaſure^ I ſhd
[illegible]^[illegible]
have Enjoyd
[illegible] life been^
Spnd
g
[illegible][guess: have
Enjoy] in ſee
g her frequently at her own houſe
&
ſometimes at Mine. May Every
Bleſsing of Life &
Godlineſs Attend her.
It is a Senſible Grief Dear Sir that your bodily Infirmities
ſhould Prevent the Execut
n of any of the wiſe
& Pious Plans
for uſefulneſs to mankind you are
[illegible][guess: framing] from time to time
&
amg the Reſt hinder me from Rec
g your Kind & Edifying Letters
I doubt Not Sir but a wiſe
& Good God Makes this one Means
of
[illegible][guess: Rendring] you more Active &
Servicable to the K
m of y
e Great
Redeemer. to this End you aſk My Poor Prayers &
[illegible] a moſt
forcible & delightful argument the Intereſt I have in yours.
I moſt
hartily thank you S
r for kind &
dayly Remembrance of
Unworthy Me I beg Your Continuance of that moſt
deſirable
Fav
r for her
I can with Equal Sincerity, &
honſty
aſsure you that no day
[illegible][guess: Brks] in which I do Not Remember my dear & Good Friend
Dr wood
& Recommend him, & his deepeſt
Intereſts
& life his Precious Life
&
uſefulneſs to the Father of Mercies — Dear ſir may our H
ly Father
help us to Continue this Friendly Chriſtian
Intercourſe
&
Correſpondence
by the way of H
n
&
dayly
Meet
g there ſo long as we are on
this Side of it. this fav
r this Bleſsing of your Kind, &
[illegible]
[illegible] Remembrance of Me I Rank Among many others ow
g to
that wiſe
& Good Providence which brot my dear
Siſter from
her Native Land to this Country. & while She thinks her Life is
^almoſt^
uſeleſs
& Spent in vain I
[illegible]
[illegible][guess: Such] Great May
[illegible][guess: bring] kind & merciful
[illegible][guess: Events] of Providence Iſsuing from it in a very Extenſive Manner, & may God Ren
der her More & More uſeful in proportion to the
[illegible][guess: truest]
&
[illegible][guess: Enlargd]
deſires of his heart. I was Senſibly
touchd with the Intima
tion you gave of an uneaſineſs
& Clamour Exist
g in the Nation
by y
e Tax or Additional Duty on beer or ale, I have not heard
how the Iſsue of it was or w
t Influence it had on the Election
of Members of Parliam
t but hope the beſt
& that the Kind Pro
vidence which has for
So long^Such a^ time paſt
overuld the Publick
Affairs in ſuch a wiſe, Steady, & kind manner has Given you a
wiſe
& Good Parliam
t. we In theſe
^Diſtant^ Regions of the Brittiſh Empire
Share
[illegible]^ye
Genl^
[illegible] in the Happy Occaſion of So Good a
King
ſo
Excell
t
& amiable a Man
^to ye
[illegible] of his [illegible]^ we feel the Pleaſure of the Delight
ful Proſpect of his Long & happy Reign &
dayly Send up our
ardent vows to heaven for the beſt
bleſsings upon him
the Queen
[gap: tear][guess: his Amiable]
Conſort
& that the Nation & all its
[illegible][guess: dependences] may in him & his Royal houſe Enjoy the moſt
diſtinguiſhing
Proſ
perity
& future
[illegible][guess: Ages] Call him bleſsd. God has Truly done Great
Things for the Nation & for us in
America, things which tho we
long & ardently wiſhed yet Scarce dare we hope to ſee. The
[illegible][guess: Redemtion] of Canada deliverence from y
e
moſt
falſe Cruel Perfidious Enemies
that Ever were let looſe upon Mankind. how wonderful a mercy if
God Pleaſe to Incline y
e
h
t of
the King
& his Miniſters to keep
North America
& never let His Aquiſ
ns
[illegible][guess: made by ye
Kings own] here
Return to ſuch bloody & deceitful Men as have been y
e Scourge of
this Country in all Paſt times &
[illegible][guess: Aſ soon] as tis in y
[illegible][guess: [r] Power
will Extirpate & Ruin the Engliſh here. The Lord has done Great
Things for us whereof we are Glad. I wiſh I could ſay for which
we are thankful; & that the Goodneſs of G had led us to Repentance.
what can I Say here? but take up your Lamentation
[illegible][guess: our]
[illegible][guess: Brittains] Still we are a very wickd People vice abounds y
e Power of Godlineſs
is much loſt from Among us. we Sadly feel one of y
e
Diſmal
Con
ſequences of war the Corruption of our Morals.
the unhappy Ex
ample Exhibited to us [illegible][guess: ſoon] to be ye
[illegible][guess: Means of]
Increaſ
g
[illegible]of
Extravagance, Luxury, & love of Show, vanity &
Senſual
Pleaſure
& much Profaneſs.
[illegible][guess: Sad]
Returns
are
theſe to the divine & Glori‐
ous
[illegible][guess: Author] of y
e
diſtinguiſh
g
Fav
rs
Pourd upon us. I Muſt
Intreat your Fervent Prayers for us &
thoſe of All your Praying
Friends. there Seem to appear Some hopeful Glimmer
gſ among
y
e Indians in Sev
l
diſtant Parts. The
Comiſssioners at N York last
[illegible][guess: Supmmer] upon a motion made to y
[illegible] sent up one M
r
Samſon
Occum a Mohegan Indian Educated
[illegible][guess: here]
Chief
y
ud
r
y
e
Inſtructi
^[below]on^
of y
e
Rev
d
Mr Wheelock one of the miniſters in
this Town) & was ordaind
by a Preſbitery on
Long Iſland. a Pious Man &
Zelous to ſerve his Country
men & promote the knowledge of X
y
amng them. he has been here ſince
his Return; & Informs me that he has been Amng the
Oneida Indians
&
Tuſcarora[illegible][guess: es] who border upon them & are much Intermxd with
them. was very kindly Rec
d by them & he thinks firſt
&
laſt he
had above 500
[illegible][guess: hearers]
& there are Many who appear very deſi
rous to be Acquainted with y
e
Chriſtian
Relig
n
& have Sen
dt by him
to deſire
the Commiſsidoners to Send Among them
Some
^a^
Miſsionary
who can Inform them
the [illegible]
^what^ the
[illegible][guess: bible]
[illegible][guess: iſ]
&
[illegible][guess: lead] them
to
y
e
^[illegible]^
[illegible][guess: ye Great ſav.r]
knowledg of ye Great Saviour. they deſire him to tell
the Commſsrs
y
t they have turnd their backs upon their former Idolatry &
devil
worſship
& Never Intend to look that way Ag
n but their Faces are
now turnd towards Chriſt the Sav
r
& they are
[illegible][guess: very Deſirous]
^lookg for him & Greatly deſire^ to
find him
& his Religion. we are Alſo
Inform
d that there
are ſome of y
e
Suſquehanna Indians who are diſpoſd to
[illegible][illegible][guess: live]
^[illegible] to^ the Goſpel. May God open a Great door & Effectual to let in the
knowledge of his ſon
Jeſus
Chriſt into y
e hearts of the Poor
[illegible][guess: bereft]
[illegible][guess: Savages]. & oh that our abuſe of the Goſpel May not pro‐
voke him to lure us to a Dull formality nor
to a depar
ture from
[illegible] the
doctrines of Grace or the Main Principals of
Calviniſm for
[illegible]
^[illegible]^
[illegible]
[illegible] that in Proportion to
ſuch a departure we ſink, & are gone. I
[illegible][guess: Joyn] My Earneſt prayers
that God May Return to you
[illegible]
[illegible][guess: deepg] Religion in the
Congregations of the
[illegible][guess: Deſenters] Multiply the
[illegible][guess: Seed Sown]
&
Increaſe
all
[illegible][guess: hints] of Righteouſneſs among you.
our hearts
[illegible]
^Since I began ye
[illegible][guess: writg of yſ]^ have Made
[illegible][guess: Sad] by y
e News brot by the Packet
boat laſt week to
N York that
^ye Great^
Mr Pitt has Reſign
d his offices
New England, &
America will be filld with Trembling on this
Important Event fear
g the French will Ag
n Gain the Poſseſs
n of y
t Country & be in A Capacity to be the Scourge & Plague
of the Brittiſh
Settle ments here. May that divinely wiſe
&
all Powerful being who Rules the world Guide, & direct the
King, &
Gov
t
&
Preſerve the Nation from
Agn
be
g
^agn^ the
dupes of French Craft, & Perfidy, &
[illegible][guess: looſing] the blood, &
Treaſure
Spent to humble y
t
[illegible]^[illegible][guess: Haughty]^
& Ambitious Nation o
May we not
Throw away
what God has given us you Cant Conceive the
diſtreſs
y
t Such
[illegible] would bring upon Poor
N England.
but if God
ſhd So order
it we muſt Say the Lord is Right
[gap: tear][guess: e] ous our Sins & Ingratitude deſerve it. ‡
[left]‡ if after all our Raiſd hopes G
pleaſes to [illegible][guess: let
us]
ſink
agn
under
ye dark Proſpects of [illegible] of trouble like ye former [illegible]
[illegible][guess: diſmal] I beg yr Prayers yt
G[illegible]
wd to [illegible] our Poſterity
wth him & be content yt he ſhd
[illegible] as he [gap: hole]
&
[illegible][guess: taken in] to him [illegible][guess: ſelf]
[illegible][guess: from]
ye
[illegible] to Come
you will Never
Ceaſe
yr Prayers to the God of our Saln
[illegible] to be with & with [illegible][guess: yours]
if after all our Raiſd hopes
God lets us
Sink Agn under
y
e Dark
Proſpects of [illegible]g
[illegible]
ye
[illegible][guess: former]
may God help us
to [illegible][guess: Leave] our
[illegible] with him
&
take us to himſelf
[illegible][guess: before]
[illegible]
[illegible]
^the divine Spt
[illegible]
[illegible][guess: me to]
[illegible] together with you in My Prayers^
^yt we may be^
Dayly
[illegible]
[illegible][guess: more & more] to Go to Jeſus
&
y
e Spirit of y
e
Fleſh
made ⅌fect
& meet together in the Joy & Peace of heaven. My
wife
&
child
n
Joyn in Moſt
Reſpectful Salutations to you &
dear
Mrſ wood, &
your dear dr
& her
Revd
Conſort
whoſe Name
you dont mention.