Deborah Franklin to Benjamin Franklin, September 22, 1765

September 22 1765

My Dear child

I have reseved yours by Capt. Friend and one which was to a Cume by N yorke and by the packit and yisterday by Capt. Cotin 4 they all give me pleshuer indead and I love to hear from you I am so verey poor a writer that I donte undertake to say aney thing a bought the dis[order] in this porte of the world but to me it semes we air verey wicked and so is the pepel in in London and other plases on your sid the watter I pray god mend us all. 5

You will se by the papers what worke has hapened in other plases 6 and sumthing has bin sed relaiteing to raising a mob in this plase. I was for 9 day keep in one Contineued hurrey by pepel to removef and Salley was porswaided to go to burlinton for saiftey but on munday laste we had verey graite rejoysing on a Count of the Chang of the Ministrey and a preyperaition for binfiers [bonfires] att night and several houses thretened to be puled down. 7 Cusin Davenporte 8 Come and told me that more then twenty pepel had told him it was his Duty to be with me. I sed I was plesed to reseve Civility from aney bodey so he staid with me sum time to words night I sed he shold fech a gun or two as we had none. I sente to aske my Brother 9 to Cume and bring his gun all so so we maid one room into a Magazin. I ordored sum sorte of defens up Stairs such as I Cold manaig my selef. I sed when I was advised to remove that I was verey shuer you had dun nothing to hurte aney bodey nor I had not given aney ofense to aney person att all nor wold I be maid unesey by aney bodey nor wold I stir or show the leste uneseynis but if aney one Came to disturbe me I wold show a proper resentement and I shold be very much afrunted with aney bodey. Salley was gon with Miss Ross 1 to see Cap. Reals Dafter and heard the reporte thair and Came home to be with me but I had sente her word not to Come. I was told that thair was 8 hundred men readey to asiste aney one that shold be molisted. This minit gorge Cumes and ses the packit is to saile on tasday I did not think it wold go so sune. I will run and aske hough poor Mr. Hughes is and tell you. On freyday Mr. Parker brough Mrs. and Miss Parker down to spend a week with us 2 he went to Burlinton this day Billey Come agan to aske us up to Burlinton I Consented to Salley going but I will not stir as I rely donte think it wold be right in me to stir or show the leste uneseynes att all. Salley did not go but will when Mrs. Parker returnes. I have bin to see mr. Hughes he is verey ill indead but I beleve his son is to write to you. I am afraid his Complainte is like Mr. Plumsteds 3 our poor nabors Sumaines has bin verey ill indead. 4 I though Shee wold adeyed for severel day but Shee is a litel better but not abel to set up at all it has bin sickley for sume time paste but it begins to be Cold and we make fiers and I hope we shall drive away the bad air with Smoke of the Chimneyes. When I begon to write this letter I had no thoughtes of the packites Sailing but only wrote as I had time I am in hopes to tell you by Friend 5 that the Lott is setteld and the wale finished 6 but it leyes open on that sid indead I was afraid to have it dun as we had bin ajected of [off?] wold it not a bin a trespase indead I am afraid of giveing aney ofens and Contente my selef with thinking what ever is, is beste.

My Compleymentes to good Mrs. Stephenson I will write to her by friend I like the Curtins verey well and everey thing that is sente and I due beleve befor this time you muste a reseved letters from me which will tell you that and a boute the house all so but if I waite to tel you aney more the poste will be gon. My brother bring this letter yisterday and I get him to make the drafte of the house and lott for you thought we Joyned on Mr. Keepley but thair is 33 feet betwen us and his. 7 It is paste three a clock I have only to tell you who was so good as to visit me on laste munday night 8

D Franklin