Does it not look a little like jealousy, my dear Friend to keep the Verses ’till my Purse was finish’d to send with them? I own it does, but indeed I love poor G: too much to be jealous of her and I would have you love her too, I think I love her more since I have lost her, because I miss her in a thousand little things which at the time I thought nothing of, and, besides this, the fear that she may not be happy makes me feel more interested about her. My Fathers kindness and generosity to her since her marriage has by some narrow-minded people been call’d encouragement to me to act as she did, it appears to me in quite a different light, and I shoud acknowledge myself infinitely more to blame if, presuming on his goodness, I was again to put it to the trial, but my good Friend, she has more to be said in her excuse than you may possibly know; for two years she wait’d the settling of Mr. Hare’s affairs in a state of anxiety and uncertainty that very much affected her health, and at last when she had no longer any hopes, she coud not bear the idea of giving him up to entire ruin, which she well knew must be the consequence of their separation; I believe there is no one that knows so well as myself what she suffer’d, we lay in the same room and many a sleepless night have we pass’d talking over the unhappiness of her situation. Mr. Hare is universally allow’d to have a good temper and I will not doubt his attachment to Georgia may we not then hope that her good sense will influence his conduct and that things will turn out better than we at first expected. We have lately received some large pacquets from Anna Maria, containing a good account of herself and Sir Wm. Jones but I fear it must still be several years before they return. The Slopers are now with us—a great improvement to our family party. Emily has done much better for herself than if she had married the Duke we allotted to her in our journey; Mr. Sloper, with a great deal of cleverness and good-sense has a most upright and conscientious way of thinking and I firmly believe no consideration woud make him act in any instance contrary to it. Bessy return’d from Cowes not much better than she went there and is still very poorly, my dear Frather and Mother are both pretty well. You see I write you the history of all the family for I love to think you are interested about us, and indeed I have no other subject; as for Politics, je ne m’en melle point, I am particularly interested for America because it is your Country, the Irish make a great noise, but there is no Dr. Franklin in Ireland and therefore I care not about them. I must now say a few words for the Purse, the Stripes you can count, but as for the white spots in the slit unless I do like a certain Painter (who when he had finish’d a picture was obliged to write upon each figure “This is a Man “this is an Horse” &cc.) and write upon them “these are Stars” I fear you will never guess what they are meant for. It is now two Months since we parted on boeard the London Pacquet, one Month more will I hope bring an account of your safe arrival at Philadelphia tho’ the newspapers have sent you prisoner to Algiers. Mr. Williams promised to write by the first opportunity and I trust will not forget. Believe me my dear Friend Most affectionately Yours