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No. 85. Brookline, 23 February, 1814.

Dear Sir,
Your's of the 9th. instant, with mother's,
Eliza's, and Elisabeth's of the same date, we received,
last saturday, the 19th. instant, to our great joy.
You mention the deaths in Northampton, since
1 {January} and inquire concerning ours. Mrs. Partridge, our
neighbour and Mrs. Richards were buried the same
day; the second instance only of the kind, since I have
been in the ministry. At the funeral of the latter, all
was "mourning, lamentation, and wo"; and that of the
former, it was almost the mockery of grief. Mrs. R. ac-
companied her husband to Northampton, sometime since,
was a member of my church, and is greatly lamented.
Since her death, we have buried Mr. Samuel Griggs,
AE t. 59, a victim to rum. The only persons now sick in
the parish are Miss Lucy Aspinwall, sister of the Dr.
She is in a decline, and {Deacon} Clark, who appears to
be failing with jaundice &. He has not been at meet-
ing, since 9 {January}.
It may seem to you almost incredible , that
this is my very first letter, since the year began. I
have been very busy in writing sermons, and in attend-
ing to other duties of my profession.
On 1 January, we dined at {General} Gardner's.
She is now mourning the loss of her father, who died
suddenly of the [lump?] fever. His funeral, which was

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