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every thing to forward such a good work; yet the almighty permits
this to try your patience, and to hasten this establishment, and
to draw a future benefit from it, as the faults we disapprove in
others we take generally to mend in our selves.; I dare say it will be
the peculiar care of them that begin this foundation, to inspire
always to others to do all in their, to forward other establishments
as in all appearance several may spring from this, its in this light
look on their odd manner of acting in both convents, and as
to my self it does not disedify me, as I believe its all for
our good; it’s serten others might not think as I doe, which makes
me sometimes imagine the disappointments I have met, about they
young ladies, going a broad to have happen’d for the best, as very
probably they might have lost their vocations, had they seen
there behaviour in our regard: as to what you mention
to me about being profess’d here, as your worthy friend and
his uncle approves of it, and as it’s your owne dissine its highly
plaising to me also, and I think it wou’d be going to a very
onnessary expense as you cou’d not reap any advantage by it hereafter,
and I suppose wou’d be very disagreeable to they ladies you are
with, that any body intended for this place shou’d profess among
them, as they may always have a dread of there returning back
to them, on the whole I hope you have come to the best
resolution in every respect: there is nothing in Mr Moy
power he ownt doe, to indever to get leave for your
former Mistress coming over if he can’t succeed by writing
he is so good as be resolv’d to goe over himself tho’ he can [ha?]
be spar’d even for a few day, from this place, his presence

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is so necessary here, yet he has it so much at heart to see it
wance fix’d, he dose not think any thing a trouble he can doe to
serve it; we all admire that amiable ladies zeal and fortitude to leave
her owne Country, I flather me self that you and she will be apely
recompenc’d when you see, all the number of souls youlle be the
means of saving an the universal good not only to this country and
very probably to others; I beg you will tell her I should have wrote
to her to acknowledge my thanks and gratude to her, when I heard
of her consenting to come here, only the want of not writing the French or more
the fear of my letter being read before it came in to her hands
as with the help of wan of my friends I cou’d have mead a french
letter, and at the same time assure her of my respectful
compliments: it gave me a vast deal of trouble to hear my
cousin had such a vilent fit you may well imagine if I thought
she had histirick, I never wou’d have being such a fool as any
way to think they nuns, wou’d ever permit her to receive the
habit amonge them, it makes me oneasy to think how disagreeable
it must be to them to have her, in the house as they have an notion its
a disorder that is taken, we cant foresee what sickness its plais’d god to
afflict us with or at what time I wish her native air may agree better
with her, for her owne sake and ours for a better mistress for
the poor children I fancy ownt be easy to get, she was indefatigable about