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Thursday May 24
1782

Pardon me, my dear Sister, for not thanking you more expeditiously for your last delightful Pacquet, so richly stored with various Entertainment!– Indeed I am perfectly assured that you will pardon me, when I tell you \in/ how anxious a scene I have been lately engaged – The prevalence of the small-Pox all around us obliged me at last to resolve on that measure which I thought of with so much sollicitude, [sic] while under your hospitable roof - I accordingly inoculated six of my dependents in my own House about a Fortnight ago, 2 Women, 3 little Girls, & Alphonso – I thank Heaven I can now give you the pleasure of knowing that they are all in a very prosperous Way, but many alarming circumstances arose to harrass me, & particularly some appearances of Contraction & Spasm in the bowels of the poor little Alphonso, which we could only