[First part missing] By the same I shall write to dear
Precious, Cousin Debby, and some other Friends. I have now only to
let you know what I have sent in these Ships. There are two or 3
Boxes; Mr. Neate shipt them, but I know not on board which Ship, as
he has not sent me the Bills of Lading. They were shipt on board
[the] Cornelia Capt. Smith two Boxes and a Leaden Case, mark’d BF
No 1. 2. 3. The Contents are
The Reading Glass is set in Silver and Tortoise
Shell; the Pattern pretty and I imagine the Glass may suit your
Eyes: If not, you can present it to some Friend.
God be with you, my dear Child, and give us
once more a happy Meeting. My Love to my dear Sally; for whose
Recovery I am very thankful. My Duty to Mother, and Love to all our
Relations and Friends. I am Your ever loving Husband
Per Pacquet I shall write to the Speaker, Mr. Galloway and Mr.
Hughes. p.s. April 11. I have now time to
answer the rest of your Letters. I received no Gammons by Bolitho,
and suppose they are to come by Cuzzins. All that I had before are
gone; they were much admired: I have still a Piece of one of the
Pieces of Beef from which we now and then get a Bit. I never
receiv’d any Cranberry’s from Boston. I think the old Present of
Buckskins or best Buckskin Gloves would be acceptable to your
Birmingham Friends. I wish you had sent some of them. I forwarded
your Letter but have not since heard from them. My Love to Cousin
Spofford: I forwarded her Letter in to the Country when I first
came to England, but have forgot how or where it was directed. I
received your Letter by Mr. North. I should have ask’d him to dine
here with Capt. Bolitho, but found there was some Difference
between them. I lament the Death of our Friend Mifflin! by all
outward Appearances, one might have expected a long Life for a Man
of his Constitution and Temperance, but there is no Dependance on
Appearances. I have receiv’d the State of Mr. Smith’s Account.
There are some Mistakes in it, which I shall endeavour to get
rectify’d when I see Mr. [remainder missing].