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Parramatta Feb 22 1800
Dear Madam
Tho' I have written to you not long ago yet I am
induced to send you a line again by this conveyance. I have sent
to England my eldest daughter, Ann, under the care of Mr. & Mrs
Clover, (note in margin - it should be Cover)
& have directed them to wait upon you with Ann before the [indecipherable]
down into Yorkshire. Mr Clover is a worthy man, & has conducted himself
with great propriety in this settlement. He was sent out in the ship Duff on
the mission to these Islands in our seas. I shall refer you to him for any
particular information ... you will wish to hear. How the kingdom of our Lord suceeds amongst us. I am sorry to say appearances are worse than ever. Satan's
kingdom seems to be so fully established, & his power & influence so universal
amongst us, that nothing but an [indecipherable] display of Almighty power can
shake his throne. My situation becomes disgusting & painful to the last degree.
I long to quit the Colony & to retire from such scenes of ungodliness & wrong
Our friends can form little more idea of our situation in this country than they [indecipherable]
of the invisible region. I have made application to government to return, whether I should
obtain permission or [indecipherable] I know not. If I do, you may expect me in London in about 10 months
God willing, after you receive this. Should any material change take place so as to affect
any prospect of real good to this colony, I might be induced to remain longer - This
depends wholy on circumstances. I think it probable Mr. Johnson will return soon.
It is his present determination to do so. We may say on our departure from this country we
have been fairly [indecipherable] out of the settlement. Our life is one continued scene of [indecipherable]
& opposition from the beginning to the end of the year. Besides, living where [indecipherable] about
so [indecipherable]; & [indecipherable] with the worst of [indecipherable] dry & barren. We feel
little of that real [indecipherable] spiritual life which is so essential to the happiness & progress
of the real Christians. To be cut off from all the conversation & society of the righteous
& to [indecipherable] a situation on the state that calls you forth to act continually with

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