Edinburgh, 18th. Feby. [176]8 I begin to perceive in my decline of life 4 that happiness, comfort at least, depends more upon what a Philosopher would call slight conveniences than…
London, Feb. 17. 1768. Dear Sir, In mine of Jan. 9. 8 I wrote to you that I believ’d notwithstanding the Clamor against America had been greatly increas’d by the…
London, Feb. 16. 1768 My dear Child I wrote to you per Packet, and also by Mr. Ayres, 5 who goes in Sparks. But I must send you a Line…
Letchlade Febry the 15 1768 Hounored Sir I Recived yours with the inclosed and am gratly obliged to you for the troble I give you and sence there is nothing…
London, Feb. 13, 1768 My dear Child I received your kind Letter per Capt. Story, 6 of Nov. 19, and a subsequent one per Capt. Falkner 7 without date. I…
London, Jan. 9, 1768. Dear Sir, I wrote to you via Boston and have little to add except to acquaint you that some changes have taken place since my last,…
London, Jan. 9, 1768. Dear Son, We have had so many alarms of changes which did not take place, that just when I wrote 7 it was thought the ministry…
Jan. 6, 1768. I have read in the Philosophical Transactions the account of the effects of lightning on St. Bride’s steeple. 6 ’Tis amazing to me, that after the full…
[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,…
[1767? 9 ] Dear Sir, I have attentively perused the Remarks of Capt. Coats, relative to Voyages into Hudson’s Bay, the Geography of the Country, 1 and his Reasons for…