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7 ' 3 dear Couzen E s ' ^ ' A . I wrote you a long letter in the month of Decent** ln.t-nivemg you a det^ild account of (zy) husb^ds merited Misfortunes in Conae^.enoe of the failure of the St Lotia B— his ioases in Snippo to N 0—together with nis being Security for ^evjrai friendo, who had faild thoae hard times and be be- in^ of e^njuine die—:;e nejleoted Securing hitt9elf ard had mon- ey to i.ay to a very ia.r e amout t, he let no man suffer(but he?) h^ve up ail ma estate to men wao (he had ?) thought would do film Jastioe (Re t^en ssertt ?) to tf.e provinoe of texes in (Span- ish Territory to see ?) if there waK any prospect (of regaining his money ?) for his fam— hie 3Mourajement(fron the Spanish ?) Government suryast his expectation (he states after ?) an ab- sence of lo months he (has returned ?) (and ?) m&de all possi- ble di^^actch (to conclude hij ?) buoine^s in t; is Country (he interested a ?) number of respectable (families in joining ?) in tne enterprise, tney (naa expected T) to take ti.e^r depart- ure (on tue first of A^ay ?) (when ?) he was a tacked v.ith an Inflaft^tion ^n the Lun&s w^icn was so violent tnat it baffled the power of nedicine anu the scill of the best physicians in tne ouuntry--on tae lu of J te it was the (Audren&ed To) Grace Shapp Woods Town Salens Coun Jer&ey New Yersey
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