Mary Doddridge, Northampton, to Mercy Doddridge, Sr., [Tewkesbury], 26 October 1773.  

She is glad that Mercy's last letter to her has informed her that the things she had sent had arrived safely and unbroken, which is apparently items from the Northampton home for her use now in Tewkesbury. She hopes Mercy will remember her kindly in her thoughts and is thankful for the money provided her, which appears to be for her role in maintaining the property in Northampton. She mentions that some one they know has recently set out on October 8 for Philadelphia to "secure his fortune." She mentions something about losing her hearing for a time and some discord in the church.

Text: Crew MS 50, fol. 32, Wren Library, Trinity College, Cambridge.