Hartford
May 2 1765
Revd and Honoured Sir.
According to your deſire I now
ſend you a few Words of our Transaction.—I have determin
ed to have
Amy for my Companion: I ſhall marry her as ſoon
as I return from
Onyda, if I find all things well betwixt us—
We have ſettled all those things I told you of. ſome
ſhe
confeſd and
ſome not: I ſuppose
ſome were falſ.—I hope, Sir you will
take the beſt Care you
^can^ of her. She wants a Gown very much,
Handkerchief, alſo I wiſh you would let her have ſome fine Lin
nen to make her &c. I don't know what elſe
ſhe wants; it is like
ly you will when you come up.— I
know if you love her
as much
^as^ you do me, all what ſhe
deſires will be given: it is ſtrange
(if
Mr Wheelock, don't love my Rib as well as my whole Body.—
—I have given her a Gold Ring, which coſt two Dollars:— I hope
Sir, you won't be diſpleaſd with me for that, I think it will do her
good; now ſhe
ſees my Sincerity towards her. therefore ſhe will put
more Weight upon what I ſay to her; it will
^alſo^
ſerve to keep her back from
those things. ſhe has been apprehened too often; though not once ſince
ſhe
came here. She tells me that ſhe is quite contented here and hopes
to tarry all Summer.— Do let her
tarry the bigeſt Part of this Summer,
if you don't deſign to ſend her to
Boston. Sir you know,
Woolly don't
^[left]want^ one ſo dexterous as I do, at leaſt he can
^do^ better with poor one than I can: for
I
want one that is Handy in every thing; I expect to do great deal in
reforming my poor Brethren both in ſpiritual and temporal things;
alſo I ſhall be always crowded with Gueſts: I believe, you ſeem to ſee
how it will be. f
^r^om these Reaſons and many others I can produce had
I Time, you may ſee that I require one that can turn her Hand to
any thing that belongs to Houſwifry.
After I had ſome
Converſation with
Mirs. Bull about
Amy I underſtood that ſhe
han't
^had^ one well Day ſince
ſhe came here; I
ſuppose
ſhe
cetch'd Cold when I brought her up: She has conti
nual
Pain in her Side & Head. I am afraid ſhe
^is^ in a conſumptive Way;
ſhe
ſhould go to ſome
ſkilful
Phyſician.— Sir, you
^dont^ know how much
it diſheartens me, when I conſider her Weakness it ſtrikes
ſuch
Heavineſs in my Hea
^r^t ſo that I am unwilling to leave her; for
fear, you wont try to get her healed.
O pray for her in ſe
cret and Private, that God would give Her Health and Strenght
alſo all the Graces ſhe
ſtands in need of and continue her a long
and rich Bleſsing in the World, that he would make her a
Pattern of Piety & Virtue to all her poor Kindred, who will
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be about her. I am cut off from my Expectation, I thought I found one that was able
to go through hard Work: but I ſee now I am in the ſame Difficulty as before; but I hope for the Better not for the worſet. —
I did not hear of her Illneſs
till after I wrote you one Letter, ſo I was obligd to write another, that is ^the ^
Reaſon why I put it in the laſt Place. — Poor Girl I ^ cant^ help loving her, ſhe is indeed a pretty Girl. And therefore from this Time I ſhall keep clear from all Girls whatſoever.
Sir I ſhall be exceeding glad if you ſhould tell
Jacob to
put all my things into
^Jacob
Woolly^
Cheſt and let
^not^ one of theme be
loſt.
May the Bleſsing of Heaven reaſt on you and Family, and continue you a long and rich Bleſsing in the World, may God
bleſs all your untakings; and give you Skill to conduct and Govern all those that
^are ^
commited to your Care: is the ſincere Pray er &
deſire of him, who deſires
^the continuance^ your Prayers.
P. S. My
Amy gives kind Respect's
to
you and
Madam.
Sir, I hope you won't let this Letter be expoſ'd.