[Illegible Text notice: Some or all of the pages of this file are wholly or in part illegible. We have not been able either to locate a better copy of the document, or to enhance its legibility electronically] [J knox 1791] Philadelphia 11 Feb. 1791 My dear hi Mr. Burridge and his family are recovering fast. But Mrs Knox and myself have received a blow which demands all our fortitude On [undecipherable] with our lovely son Marcus in his [undecipherable] near [undecipherable] his blooming into near 12, and [undecipherable] [undecipherable] he was [undecipherable] [undecipherable] In the afternoon of Tuesday he [undecipherable] had [undecipherable] continued [undecipherable] from [undecipherable] and on Wednesday but when the doctor and we concurred [undecipherable] the beginning of an intermittent. But in the afternoon he was [undecipherable] not a [undecipherable] which [undecipherable] a repetition occasioned his destruction His fond mother is inexpressibly afflicted and his brother and [undecipherable] friends, [undecipherable] occasions [undecipherable] a sufficient price [undecipherable] [undecipherable] human nature. I hope however that time aided by the principles of [undecipherable] and and religion may heal her wounds near, but at present she is extreme — inconsolable I am my dear hi Affectionately and respectfully your obedient servant Knox [undecipherable] [General?] of the [undecipherable]