Yo.
r favor from — dated the
29th
ult.o
came duly and ſtill find you in a
hurry I wish you ma'n't make more hast than good ſpeed. May the Lord direct & guide
you, giving great ſucceſs in yo.
r important undertaking, bleſsing you & dear
M.r Occom both in Soul and Body. Your piece of Cloth came to hand
yesterday which with
M.r Occoms ſhall
take care of 'till it is ſhip'd for
Boston, I don't think it prudent
if it was poſsible to put all
your things on board the Devonshire for fear of an accident and
as it is probable you
r or M.
r
Occom may have ſomething else by & by which you may want to ſend, it may go with
the Cloth, therefore ſhall keep it back a little while unleſs you order to the Contrary. We rejoice
to hear
M.r Occom is better to whom we all beg kindly to be remember'd. Tho you hadn't a
copy of yo.
r Letter to
M.r Towgood, perhaps you could have recollected the ſubstance of it. Last
Sabbath day I receiv'd a Letter from
Mr
Jos: Keech of
Ilminster
ſignifying he had in conse‐
‐quence of a Letter from you
communi
[gap: tear][guess: ca]ted your Affair & had collected of his Congregation
£4.11.2 which he wanted to know how
to convey to you, I wrote him for answer that as it
was ſomewhat uncertain were to find you I thought it wou'd be better for him to remit it
to me, he ſends his Compliments & best wishes to you both adding that if you come into that
^part of the^ Country
he ſhall be glad to be favor'd with your Comp
lany.
M.rs Ludlow and
my Daughter join
me in best
Respects who am