O that I could with Truth, begin with the old fashoned still I hope this will find you well, but that I dispar of Exept I could confine all to your Intellets which thank God Apear as sound as Ever, which must suply you with a Source of Entertainment beyond what comon mortals can Expearance. I have Even my self in times Past Lost the sense of Paine for some time by the Injoyment of good Company.

Yrs of Aug 3 by Cousen Jonathan was very Pleasing the knoing you had recd. mine so soon and was Pleasd with the contents gave me grat satisfaction and the sight of Him whom I Love like a child was a grat Addition. He is Truely a worthy man.

You Introduce your Reproof of my Miffy temper so Politely, won cant aVoid wishing to have conquered it as you have if you Ever had any, that disagreable Temper.

I have Drawn as you Premited Recd. the money and Paid of my Docr. Bill. I added the thirty Dolars for the wood which you give me orders constantly to Draw thinking it would be Less Troble to you and fearing Cousen Jonathan may not have the succes he wishes and Endevours about the Books and shall Take in the wood next week.

I have also Recved the Leter you sent by our Neibour Jemmy Leach.

I was a Litle suspicious wither Exellency was acording to Ruel in Adress to my Brother at this time. I never write any my self and of Late Because He Lives nearer than cousen Willims have sent them to Dr. Lathorps who is very obliging to me, and I thought must know what was Right and gave no Directions about it, but shall another time. He de[mands?] allways to be Respectfully Remembred to you when I write.

I beleve there are a few of our Nantucket Relations who have still an Affection for us, but the war time which made such Havock every where Devided and scatered them about, those I was most Intimate with were Abisha Fougre; His Brother, and sons, Timothy won, the Jenkinss and Kezia Coffin, who was many years Like a sister to me and a grat friend to my children. She sent me two very Afectionate Leters when the Town was shut up Inviting me to come to Her and she would sustain me that was her word and had I Recd. them before I left the Town I should certainly have gone, but a Wise and Good Provedence ordered it other ways. She Took to the wrong side and Exerted Her self by Every method she could devise Right or rong to Accomplish her Designs, and Favour the Britons, went in to Large Traid with them, and for them, and by mismanagement and not suckceding in her Indevours has sunk Every Farthing they were Ever Posesed of and have been in Jail both Her Husband at nantuket and her self at Halifax. She was allway thought to be an Artfull Wooman, but there are such Extraordinary stories tould of her as is hard to be leved.

The two Jenkins’ Seth and Thomas stood in the same Relation to us and always very Friendly and Afectionat to me. They were at Pheladelphia when I was there. You spok something for them at Congres). They were men of considerable Property and had a grat quantity of Oyl in there stores when a Vesel Belonging to the Tories went Down and Robd them of all, it was Proved that Kezia Pointed it out to Them, the owners Prosecuted her and she was Brought up to Boston to stand tryal, but I think there was no final condemnation at Court. She says they could not find Evedence. They say the Evedence was so strong that had they suffered them to come in to court it would have hangd her and so they supresd it not being willing it should Proceed so far. They settled at Provedence a few years whose Famelies I used to stop at when I went backwards and forwards and the were very kind to me sent there sons to carrie me from there to my [torn] and some therteen miles [torn]er ? and Every other obliging thing in there Power, but Afterwards they settled a Township on North River. I forgot the Name. There is a City and Thomas Jenkins is the Mayer. I have not seen Ither of them since. I dont know if they come to Boston. If they do they do not know where to find me, and tho the Foulgers some of them sail out of this Place I Beleve it is the same case with them for I have not seen a Nantuket Person since I Lived hear, I have a Next Dore Neibour who Lived there wonce and I now and then hear somthing of them by Him. I know I have wrote and speld this worse than I do sometimes but I hope you will find it out. Remember my Love to your children and Grandchildren. Tell my Niece Betsey that I sent her Pocket Book to Mrs. Coffins Daughter and I dont doubt seh had it but she was at Halifax. I am yr Affectionat and Gratfull Sister