To Deborah Franklin
MS not found; extract reprinted from WTF, Memoirs, I, 133 n.
[Falmouth, July 17, 1757]

The bell ringing for church, we went thither immediately, and with hearts full of gratitude, returned sincere thanks to God for the mercies we had received: were I a Roman Catholic, perhaps I should on this occasion vow to build a chapel to some saint; but as I am not, if I were to vow at all, it should be to build a lighthouse.

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