[Jan'y 21. 1788] Boston Jan'y 21. 1788 When my [strikethrough: last] gave me I had the honour of writing to a few [undecipherable] I intended to give the [undecipherable] the alarm of my [undecipherable]. They did then that the [undecipherable] were in her favour my hopes were alive untill finding left a manifest charge took place — at home in the morning he said at home in the afternoon — In him I have lost a beloved Son, an agreeable companion & a Sincere & [undecipherable: independent] friend with [undecipherable] [undecipherable] a fond & pleasing hope that he would have lind & [undecipherable: Support] to me in the evening of life. My feelings, which are alive on this occasion are rendered if possible more poignant [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] fatal [undecipherable] of my daughter the widow, with two infants in her arms, and the [undecipherable] grief of a a tender and a most [undecipherable: amiable] [undecipherable] on [undecipherable] great [undecipherable] [undecipherable], [undecipherable] for which our mourning [undecipherable] if we ought to justify — I must not proceed, I must not for a moment [undecipherable] in your [undecipherable] an [undecipherable: unworthy] [undecipherable] alone —— We have a Source from which we may draw the most [undecipherable: sincere] [undecipherable] [undecipherable: Consolation], if we [undecipherable: reflect] justly