Your letter of Mr. Nicklin gave me great pleasure. I know your time and attention must be much engaged by a variety of important business, and therefore every line I receive from you I must reckon a greater favour than I have reason to expect. Since the reception of your letter I have heard by Mr. Vaughn that you continue well; and Dr. Rush has informed me, that you think you have received benefit from the remedy recommended in Dr. Faulkner’s book. Such accounts cannot but be agreeable to me; and it is my ardent wish that your comfort and usefulness may be continued as long as possible. I have myself been a great Sufferer lately; I mean, by the loss of Mrs. Price, who died of the Palsy in Septr: last after a long period of deplorable languor and decrepitude. This has made me feel like a forsaken creature and Shocked my Spirits Sadly.

We have an acquisition here by the arrival of Mrs. Vaughn and her daughters; and we hope Mr. Vaughn will not Stay long after them. I return you many thanks for your intention to Send me the Second Volume of the Transactions of the Philosophical Society at Philadelphia; but thro’ Some mistake, I have not yet received it. The value of it is, I find, much increased by your communications.

I have Sent you by Dr. White a volume of Sermons which I have just publish’d. I could almost wish you would not look into them. I mean to Serve the cause of truth and virtue by them; but I may be much mistaken, and you cannot but fear they are not Sufficiently fit for your perusal.

I have been happy in the conversation of Dr. Wh[ite?] and Dr. Provost; and as it Seems the members of the Episcopal Church in America must have Bishops I am glad they have diverted their views to Gentlemen So worthy and liberal.

I find there are great disorders in Some of united States; but you comfort me by Saying they will all end well. Your advice and counsels will, I doubt not, contribute much to this end. That you may enjoy this and every other Satisfaction that can make the remainder of a life that will be one of the most distinguished in future annals, honourable and happy, is, my Dear Friend, the wish of yours most gratefully and affectionately