Princess Anne 20th Jan, '10
My dear husband
Last mail, coming irregularly, and again setting off when I was not aware of it, is the only reason why you had not intelligence of me sooner. To be sure, I have not much to say after repeating my affectionate solicitude for your health and welfare. I have been sorry since I wrote you last that I mention’d my customary mishap, least you might have made more uneasy for me, than the real state of the case admitted. For altho’ I have been confin’d to the house, prudentially, for nearly a fortnight, yet excepting a little debility, I have suffer’d no unpleasant effects from my misfortune.
As usual, I have heard much of your affairs rumour’d since you left me. The last report is that you have sold your ship for 100,000$, 50,000$ to be paid in money and 50,000$ in coffee on her