at present, and through the
Blessing of Superintending Good-
ness, have been mostly preserved
in a good Degree so, since we
left home, tho’ not without some
Exceptions: We feel ourselves now
a little revived in our spirits, by
the arrival of our friend Jacob Taylor

; of
whom we had heard nothing
since we left home, ‘till he came
to us yesterday, at Stockbridge:
It appears he has had a safe,
tho’ tedious passage; has safely
landed, at fort Schuyler about
22 Miles from this place, all
the Goods committed to his
Care: and notwithstanding
we have been between two
and