Jerry return'd some days past after seeing your Brothers safe to their School, a number of inconvenient circumstances have turn'd up to prevent his setting of for William'sbg till now, I fear you have suffered for some of the articles now sent, as your Mother has inclos'd a memd. of them, it would be unneces<sa>ry for <mutilated> to trouble you with a repetition <mutilated> your Sister was happily delivered of a Son better  then a fortnight past, and continued as well a I ever s<aw> a lying in Woman for 8 or 10 days after, when she was seized with an obstinate fever that continued three days— that is now removed and I hope she will soon be in perfect health— your Mothers complaint is not removed, but I hope is better, she is now going on regularly with riding on horsback and a prescripsion of Doctr Steptoes, the Doctr assures me that it is firmly his opinion that her complaint is muskular and has no connection with the Lungs, and speaks with great confidence that it may and will be removed— God grant it may be so— you may be assured of this, that if either your Mother or any other near connection of yours should be ill that you shall be inform'd by express—and let me intreat you that if you that if you should be ill to send an express to us, and imploy Doctr McClurg as yr Phisicion—by the return of Jerry should be glad you would write me fully how you are situated, what Lectures you attend and what progress you are likely to make <i>n them, communicate all your wan<ts> to me freely <so> far as it may be in my power <mutilated> remove¹ with them, I shall take a pleasure in doing, among other things please to inform me what Books you are immediately in want of, as well as such others that may be required in the Course of your Studies— perhaps some may be procured in the Country, and others imported in time—if you have any interresting publick news should be glad to hear it— we are intire out of the way of information, to this moment we are not inform'd whether the loss of Charles Town was owing to the want of Men or the want of provisions or both, neither do we know with certainty the amount of <mutilated> whole loss—whether a French & Spanish fleet <mutilated> are before Chas Town or not, or whether the long expected French fleet and Troops are arived at N. York— I have not been unmindfull of yr former request of a Watch I have sent you mine which is a very good one having provided another for myself (which by the by is out of repair at present); Jerry also brings 1000 dollars which you may stand in nead of to purchase some necessarys—² I am my Dr Bushrod your very aff. Father