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road—we hope your Journey was tolerable, your Arrival at Lyme safe, and your
Reception among that People and in your own Family truely delightful—may your
present Situation (which I can't but suppose agreeable) produce to you every day
some new and large Encrease of happiness, in which may yr Worthy Partner and his
Amiable Family be made to enjoy an uninterrupted and plentiful Share—nothing
remarkable has occurr'd since yr departure Except that our people have drove away
y'' Shipping from our lower Harbour so y' we have now a Clear Coast—how long
this will be y" Case is a matter utterly uncertain.
" I deliver'd yr little memorandum to Mr. Green according to yr direction—am
sorry we are unable to send either yr Desk or easy Chair, but y" Waggoner don't
chuse to take in any thing but what he can stow with safety—enclos'd is an Inventory
of what we have sent, and shall readily observe yr direction with regard to y* remainder—Ma'm
Gibbs desir'd her very particular regards to Each of you—Nabby will
write a post-script for herself—mind and give my kind love to M"' Will" Johnson,
his amiable Sister and y' Miss Grisold whom I've heard him speak of with y* utmost
respect and friendship— I have now time to add no more but y' I am, with due respect,
your sincere Friend
" To M" or rather Mad^m Johnson."
—
John Eddy."
" Miss Barrett's P. S. Mr. Eddy Says he has wrote you all the News, but he is
mistaken—for we have taken one hundred and ninet)^ Highlanders within Sight of
Boston— they brought furniture, Seeds and Every thing necesary for a barren Land,
thinking we had deserted our Lands, and were gone as far off as you ;
they Expected
to find nothing but Rocks and Weeds, as you did— I have not done your apron, but
hope to go about it Soon, perhaps M' Green will bring it— young M" Eddy Sends
kind Love to you and to Your Son Billy, for whom She has a great Regard
Respects with Mine to M' Johnson—My love to Billy—Compliments to the young
Ladies. Do write as Soon as opertunity offers. Yours &c.
" D"- Sir,
"Newtown, July
" Abigail Barrett."
17"" 1776."
" M" Gibbs was very happy in y" Receipt of your agreeable Epistle of June
y^ 19'", before which she was almost impatient to know how Mad" Johnson wou'd
hold out under y" Fatigues of a Journey which was to be, not only tedious in Length,
but peculiarly formidable and troublesome on Account of y" Ruggedness of y" Roads.
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