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Writes about the revival in Rochester and its effect on her husband; he has sent her a letter on the subject of religion, from which she quotes; Mr. James' difficulties in the church; news of family and friends; her mother brought up a girl named Emma Kelly and would Abigail inquire about Emma's family in Norwich.

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Expresses her joy that her husband has sent her a letter describing his religious conversion; it is all that she should have wished it to be; sickness of Charles William.

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Reports on health of her family; letters she receives from her husband are beyond her powers of description; discusses the letters, in which he describes his faith and prayer meetings; wishes Abigail would visit; her sister Mary would like Abigail to get the finest yarn she can, because Mary thinks it will amuse her to knit some mittens.

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Describes his journey and his health; items he purchased; news from Boston regarding American Revolutionay War incidents; militia; Gen. Howe has laid another hellish plot to destroy them, but it was discovered.

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John Taylor (1762-1843) was a son of Eldad Taylor and a brother-in-law of Andrew Perkins.

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Writes from Yale about religion.

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Writes about the death of their mother and brother; health of his family.

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John Taylor (1762-1843) was a son of Eldad Taylor and a brother-in-law of Andrew Perkins.

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Regarding a debt owed to Julius Deming.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Deming, Perkins, and Quincy Families Papers document members of several prominent families who lived in the town of Litchfield, Conn. In the late eighteenth century, the patriarchs of each family earned wealth through their activities as merchants, traders, and investors, enabling them and many of the members of the next generations to live lives free from financial concern, if not outright luxury. The papers consist largely of correspondence, and also include collections of financial...