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MG-A(G.776.021
5 Sep 1776:23 (1617)
Williamsburg, August 23. Extract of letters found concealed
on board the sloop Jane and Elizabeth, in which went
passengers Hanson, Evans, &c.
Should you receive no letters from any of Col. Corbin's
family, you must not impute it to want of regard or respect.
They are all afraid to write, even to their brothers. It is
impossible to tell you how much they are persecuted and
afflicted. . . [31 lines]
Banishment and confiscation are now become common, and
your family seem marked out for their vengeance. . . [10
lines]
All her (i.e. your sister's) amusements are at an end; her
books, her shells, and her paints, are thrown by as useless
things, and her spinning wheel employs the chief of her
time. Nothing but melancholy reigns in that once peaceful
and happy family. Even you yourself, if you were there,
notwithstanding your natural cheerfulness, would forget to
sing or whistle any other that a psalm tune. Their nearest
relations have forsaken them, either through fear or want of
affection. . .
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