[draft] "…I am extremely glad to hear, that after a very tedious journey, you are at length arrived safely at Boston. - I was exceedingly anxious about you, the day I left you, as I was informed again & again, that the snow was so deep between Wallingford & Wethersfield, as to render it next to impossible for you to get along in your carriages. - In a few days however, I was very happy to hear, that you were at Mr Webbs, where I knew, you would be well received, and that no accident had befallen you in your way thither. - I Imagine that Mrs Knox will hardly venture to travel so far a second time [2] with her little Lucy, if there is the least probability of her suffering so much, as in the Journey, I fear she has suffered. She is a lady possessed of great philosoph, but yet I cannot but think, it was more than once discomposed before she saw Boston. - Her situation at New haven was far from being agreeable, which induced me not to urge her to tarry longer in such pressing terms, as otherwise I should have done. - I wish she had been more hapy, than I think she was, while with us, for if good nature, good breeding, & good sense merit happiness, I am sure she richly deserves it …"