_To Mr. R―――― K――――n._
_On board the Friendship, Captain Ball, in Five-fathom Hole, about ten miles from Charles-Town, South-Carolina. November 30, 1769._
_My dear Friend_,
WE have had a long, and in several respects a trying passage. Particulars expect by the packet, which the pilot says will sail in two or three days. This day week we first saw land; came over the bar the 28th instant, and should have been at _Charles-Town_ that evening, but our ship was too light to obey the helm. We had the mortification of seeing ten sailing in before us, and we ever since left in jeopardy. Surely Satan foresees some signal good attending this voyage. In the midst of all, blessed be GOD, we have had plenty of outward things; and I am in better health than at the end of any voyage I have made for some years. Mr. _Smith_ hath really behaved well, and been very handy and attentive. The same may be said of Mr. _Winter_. We have been like the three children in the fiery furnace. But the Son of GOD hath been, and is (O amazing grace!) still with us. Please to remember us to all concerned. Hoping soon to write from on shore, and most earnestly praying, that grace, mercy and peace, may be multiplied upon you all, I must hasten to subscribe my old but true name, “The chief of sinners, less than the least of all saints,” but
Your affectionate, obliged friend, and willing servant to all,