MoselyLetters1_16

please me, sure Mr Thanerny has not forgot to write. I much condole with 'em for yr loss of their eldest child, yet they have this great comfort that an angle in Heaven is to be pre ferd at any time to a child on Earth. Mickey & Molly Miens aer settled in a Farm in ye Penn, I hope to their Liking & all their Friend's. The Curiosity, no doubt one many in this Country, I've none just now about me, but as soon as I can get any, they shall be sent you according to yr Directions, yr Expense is none: Little Mickey shall also have a Squerel, ye ? I come across: all I had this year I've sent to London, or are now on Board. I should be glad that you would in yr next give some account of yrself & Family; how you are in Health? how any children have you now? What are their Names? I only knjow of Jo, Mick & a girl whose name I've forgot as also acquint of yr Nancy of my Mr. Thom's children as also how hi thrives in yr worol. If I send any curiosity, I shal not forget his Wife....

This year has gone very hard with us; ye Rains have been excessive & ye Heats excessive wh have caused a great many Diseases, & to us a great many Rides. Our Hands, are few, weak & in great Decay. Our Rides are often twice a Day, yet I’ve often in a Week rid between 50 & 60 Miles a Day, it’s true our Horses in this Country go so easy that a Ride of 50 Mile, perhaps won’t tire a Mare so much as 20 or 30 with yr Horses in England, yet they are so frequent that it is enough to break ye strongest Constitution. I can’t say but I wish you had one of our Horses to ride for yr own convenience, they are handy & will go easey ye whole Day. they make nothing of traveling 60 miles in a day, wh few Horses in England can perform, for any while. All that is kind t o Mr Dunn & yr Little ones, whom God preserve. If you’ve heard any thing of Mr Antony Lawes lately, I shou’d be glad to be ac [

[start at line 10] quainted of it; what is become of that poor miserable Man? all that is kind to Br Thommy & his Wife. I recommend myself to all yr good Prayers in this blessed Life I lead, banished into ye remotest Corner of ye World, amongst Indians, Negros & Slaves & seperated by ye atlantick from my dearest Friends, yet

notwithstanding all this, perhaps ye happiest Man, that breath’s, for if true Happiness consists in a contented Mind, never did it reign more truely than in this Blessed Country; Blessed I say, but only so, for one of our Profession. Adieu Dr Sister; perhaps we never shall meet again in this World, yet I always shall have ye Happiness of subscribing myself even at this Distance, yr ever loving & affectionate Brother. Joseph Mosley New-Town, Oct: 5th 1760.