Front: Oliver Ellsworth letter to Nabby Ellsworth, 1783 April 14

Philadelphia Aprl 14. 1783.

Dear Nabby -

I am still waiting with great anxiety &
solicitude to hear from you, not yet having heard
any thing. - Should I hear as I hope I shall that
you & the little ones are all well it will add
greatly to the joy I feel in common with others
on the arrival of Peace, which is come at last
on terms equal to our most sanguine hopes, &
demands our most gratefull acknowledgements
to the supreme being. It is a great addition [...]
pleasure which I feel from the return of peace
that I shall now be more at liberty to pursue
my own inclinations & discharge the pleasing
duties I owe to my little family. Until the Storm
was over I could not quit the Ship or desert any
post to which I was called for the publick
safety, but I have now no ambition left equal
to that of spending my time in a little
domestick