_To Mr. D――――n._
_London, September 1, 1768._
_My very dear Mr. D――――n_,
I WAS exceeding glad to find, by your last kind favour, that you and Mrs. _D――――n_ thought of deferring your embarkation for _England_ till the Spring. You will then see the newcomers quite settled, and I wish I could add, see also your reasons for leaving _Bethesda_ but of little weight. I know your mind. Would to GOD your dear yoke-fellow was like-minded. She will certainly be so very soon after her arrival in her native country: but I would not grieve her. GOD bless you both! _Brownhill_’s situation I much approve of. Poor _Peter_ often engages my thoughts. It pleases me to find that he goes on well; but I want to have him settled. If not likely to make a scholar, or be in some good station in the house, I wish he was put out to some proper business. Not one prize as yet among all the young relations I have endeavoured to provide for. Father, not my but thy sovereign will be done! I wish you could enquire what is become of ――――, sent over with Mr. _Wooldridge_, Provost-Marshall at _Augustine_. You may guess that I long to see the accompts. I doubt not of their being quite compleat. Could you not send me a duplicate before your intended embarkation, it would be very acceptable for many reasons. All your dear relations on this side the water are well. My nearest relation hath been quite well above a month. Mr. _Middleton_ hath soon followed after. His wife died a few weeks before him.
They are happy now, and we Soon their happiness shall see.
_Hallelujah! Hallelujah!_ Come, LORD, come! Praying still that, if it be the divine will, you may be constrained to abide at _Bethesda_, I subscribe myself, dear and faithful friends,
Yours, &c. &c. &c.