I wrot to you two months ago From Warwick, which cousen Williams has yet to carry, After wards I concluded to come Hither and Spend the Winter as most agreable by being more Retiered, and Less Exposed to Doers opening on me which in cold wether Increeces my cough and is very Tedious to me, but on my Arival at Boston I had the maloncholy acount of a Distressing fitt of Illness you have had tho something beter when the mesenger came Away, I am Freequently Reflecting on the Paine you Enduered and the Danger of the Freequent Returns of the disorder you are Liable to; and fearing they may be too hard for you, may God who has hitherto given you so much Health Prevent it, and Restore you to Perfect Health again, if that may not be I hope you will be Endowed with all the submition nesesary on so Trying an ocation.

It was Mrs Writes Son whou tould me of your Sickness and of what mortified me very much besides the condition and behavour of that, I had almost sade worthles Litle Anemil Thare, I sinsearly ask your Pardon for Introducing him to you, and have no other Excuse to make but to Tell you He took me In by being the first that Informed me of a Book that containd all your Philosophical and Political Papers, and Runing on so Pritily on won thing and another contained in them that I thought he must be cleaver, Tell me you forgive me this and I will take more care for the future by the way I have never been able to come at a sight of the Book yet, tho I am Tould Dr. Cooper has it, and have sent times without Number after it and have been Put off with some Frivolus Excuse; I would gladly bye won if it were to be Purchased but cant find that it is, I wish my Brother would do me the favour to send me won and I may be so Lucky as to Recive it, I would be a grat Amusement to me and that is the most I have to Look after at Present. My son Collas and Daughter who is all the child I have Left and Jenny Mecom (won of my Son Benjamin’s children) do all in there Power to make me comfortable and I go some times to Boston where I am kindly Entertained by Cousen Williams and famely and see a few other Friends, I have won of my Deceased Grand Daughters children with me and Expect to Return with it in the Spring as there I Live very Pleasurably? all the warm wether and can do a number of things nesesary for Him and the children Exept He should git Him a nother wife which I beleve there is no grat Likelihood of. He is so sensable it is Imposable to make up his Lose, she was Indeed an Extroydenary wife. Mr. Williams will be able to Ansure you any questions you shall think fitt to Ask concerning me which might have been Tedious for you to have Read had I thought of any thing more to write, my children Joyn in Love an duty with your Affectionat Sister