I wrote you a few lines by last Post informing you of the contents of my Mother's letter from Philadelphia written on the 24 May and the Boy who carried your letter to the Post Office brought me another from my Mother dated the 29 May, in which She says my Sister's health is not altered in the smallest degree for the better, and that they are to leave Philadelphia immediately on their way to Rhode Island— indeed, my dear Brother, I am very uneasy on account both of my Sister & Mother; my Sister's complaint I apprehend is confirmed & incureable; My Mother I fear will be injured much in her health by uneasiness, fatigue and lose of rest— Altho' I am determined to submit with christian resignation to the dispensations of him who knows better than we do what is for our good, yet I can not help offering up my most fervent prayers to our most merciful Father to spare our dear Sister to us a little longer, and to preserve the health of our most honoured and affectionate Mother. The Afflictions of our family renders me more anxious than ever to see you, in whose company I may expect much consolation; but God only know when my business will permit me to carry this wish into effect. I do assure you I have such a variety of business in different places calling in the most pressing manner for my immediate attention, that I hardly know which to give the preference to— In my former letter, I informed you that I had left my four eldest children in Loudoun, from whom I have not heard a Syllable since I parted from them— My wife and other child is here in tolerable health, and the former heartily joins me in love & best wishes for you and my good Sister Nancy. I am my dearest Brother yr most sincere & affectionate friend