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time very unhealthy. An inflammatory fever prevails much. This evening one of the mosl amiable and accomplish'd girls among us, a daughter of Henderson [nches, was incorporated with her mother earth, after only four days sickness. Such i- y. sudden transition after being seiz'd; and last Wensday, Mrs. Johonnot, eldest daugh- ter of Doctor Cooper, was carried to her grave. . ..

Sunday Evening. [December 19$.] I give you joy of your easy riddance of the banefull herb; being jusl inform'd by y'. arrival of the post, thai it'- gone from whence it came. You may bless your Btars

that you have nol a II n and board of Commissioners residenl

vvitli you. — I forgot to acquaint you Last evening thai Loring, in a brig belonging to Clark, one ofy° consignees, is on shore at y'. back of Cape Cod, drove thither by a storm lasl Fryday week, who has the last quota of Tea for this place, being 58 chests, which compleats the 400. — Am inform'd some Indians were met on y: road to Plimouth, which is almost fifty miles this side of Cape Cod. Its unlucky that Loring has y". lamps on board for illuminating our streets. Am sorry if they are lost, as we shall be depriv'd of their benefit this winter in consequence of it.

April 1 I/A. 1771. Have inclos'd you the anniversary oration de- liver'd by Col: Hancock. Its generally allowed to be a g 1 com- position (and asserted to be his own production), both spirited and nervous. I can't myself judge of its merit, as I did not hear it deliv- er'd, nor have I allow'd myself time to peruse it, since its publication. May 18th. — Imagine to yourself the horror painted in the laces of a string of slave- condemn'd by the Inquisition to perpetual drudg- ery at the oar ! Such is the dejection imprinted on every countenance we meet in this once happy, but now totally ruin' d town. — Yes. Bill, nothing will save us but an entire stoppage of trade, both to England and the West Indies, throughout the continent : and that must be de- termin'd as speedily as absolutely. The least hesitancy on your part to the Southerd, and the matter is over ; we must acknowledge and ask forgiveness for all past offences, whether we have been guilty of any or no ; give up the point so long contested : and acknowledge the right of parliament to d — n us whenever they please : and to add to all this, we must pay for an article unjustly forced upon us with a sole view to pick our pockets (not that I would by any means justify the destruction of that article): when that is done, where are we? Why, in much the same situation as before, without one flattering hope of relief: entirely dependant on the will of an arbitrary .Mini-

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