SerjeantLetters-02_03
Collection: Serjeant Family Letters, 1769-1840
Item: Letter to Elizabeth Browne Rogers Roche from Winwood Serjeant (6 April 1772)
Transcription:
Their passage from New York to North
Carolina: they have not been heard of these
Five months: terrible loss to the family -
What adds to the old Lady’s mortification
Billy Apthorp youngest son is married to a
Nasty dirty drabble tail stromp whom his
Mother [^] bro’t [^] up in Charity. — Pray make our
warmest acknowledgements of Duty & respect
to Dear Father & Mother & pray Heaven
bless them wth health & Sprits & grant us
a happy sight of them at Cambridge next
month. Are sorry Mrs Livermore is so
much out of order & wish the recovery of
her health. Heaven give health & happiness
to my Dear Sister Rogers. Polly was much disap-
pointed at your not coming, begs you to renew
your promise within a short date, you possess
a very large share of her affection & not less
of the esteem of your affectionate friend
& Brother
W. Serjeant
Cambridge
April 6th 1772
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