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[Note written on side and pasted at top of page]
James Hassall 1st in date
Anna Hassall
[indecipherable - probably a place name ] to Wilberforce

Paramatta; Augt 2[indecipherable]
Dear Madam
You will probably have heard before this reaches
you of our safe arrival in New South Wales. We have much to
bless the Ld for, who conducted us safe thro' [through] the mighty waters & rough
seas to our desired haven. I wish I had a great sense of the Divine
Mercies & were more humbly dependant upon the Gd of [indecipherable - Good?]
& Grace. We are now comfortably settled at Paramatta & shall soon
be removed to Norfolk Island, while Major Grose is Lieut Gov.
You will have heard of Mr Johnson's quarrel with the present
Lieut. Govr & how uncomfortably we are situated in pinch [or print?]of religion
Mr John informed me that things in that respect were [indecipherable]
thing like so bad as at present. There is so little attention paid
to mere morality. The difference between Mr J. [Johnson?] & the Lt Gov [indecipherable - he will?]
gone to a very great length to render it exceedingly beneficient [?]
to me as it gives me a degree of pain when in company with