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Novem [?]
(1798)

Well, my dear Margaret, here I am comfortably seated in
Sister Ierne's chamber, enjoying the benefit of a good fire. It was a great
disappointment to me, that you should pass through Princeton without
my seeing you. I would have joyfully relinquished twenty four hours of
my life, to have seen you alone for two. I wanted to show you a letter
which I think would give you entire satisfaction, and convince
you that I might continue my correspondence, without the most di
stant apprehensions. I suppose he is by this time in Philad. I saw
him in Princeton,the greater part of two days. I passed my time very
agreeably while there the latter part particularly. The day after I arrived
D Blackwell & his wife & daughter came to spend a week with Mr Morgan
and while Mrs B_ remained she would not allow me to do a simple
thing I liked. If I went to my room to write, she would send up half
a dozen times to tell me that writing was very prejudicial to my
health, & if I resisted these friendly admonitions, would finally
oblige me to discontinue the exercise of the pen, by insisting if
writing were really indispensible that I should accept of her
as an amanuensis. If I were going to walk, she would immediat
ly offer to accompany me & then I could not choose my own path,