By a Vessel Via Bristol under date of the 17th. Current I sent you the unwelcome Information, of my Mother’s being attacked by a paralytick Stroke, the 14th. of this Month; but at the same time I mentioned, that we were not then without hopes of her getting thro’ it, and indeed Doctor Bond fed us with these hopes ’till Sunday Evening; when we discovered a considerable change in her for the worse; She continued without seeming to suffer much Pain ’till Monday Morning about 11 o’Clock, when without a Groan or even a Sigh, she was released from a troublesome World, and happily relieved from all future Pain and Anxiety. In the natural course of human Events, we could not expect her Continuance many years longer with us, we therefore with becoming resignation (I hope) patiently submit to the divine Will, which has been pleas’d thus to deprive us of a Friend and Mother, and we trust your own good Sense will enable you to bear this afflicting Loss with more than manly Fortitude.

I sent an Express to Amboy for the Governor, who came in time to attend the funeral, on Thursday the 22d. Inst. in the Evening; he is now with us, and writes you by this Opportunity. A great number of your old Friends attended on this mournful Occasion, to pay their last respects to a Memory, which will be ever held dear by all who knew her, for the good she has done in this Life, and this is no small Consolation to her numerous Friends and Relatives.

Sally, who bears this sudden and unexpected Shok with much Fortitude and Resignation, joins me and the Children in truly affectionate Love and Duty to you, and in Wishes for your speedy Return hither, when our Consolation shall not be wanting on this or any other afflicting Occasion. I am Dear sir Your sincerely affectionate son