Benjamin Franklin to Mary (Polly) Stevenson Hewson, January 1, 1767

[1767–1770 4 ]

[ First part missing ] and a Train of various Amusements daily interfering, I as continually put off Writing till to-morrow; when I receiv’d the second Letter, I propos’d answering both together to-morrow; the same of the third; and now what a shameful Fault has this Procrastination led me into! a Fault which even my Polly with all her Goodnature, join’d to her Regard for me can hardly excuse.