(my brother), was ſtill alive, and as I did not cauſe to let my preſent huſ- band know any thing of that affair as yet, I adviſed him to go and ſettle at Maryland, which he very eaſily agreed to.
On our landing there, we purchaſed
an Engliſh woman and a Negro man for ſervants, and took a piece of land, on which we built a houſe.
Indeed all our affairs pproſpere ex-
ceedingly, ſo we looked upon one a- nother with pleaſure and ſoon ob- tained my husband's conſent to take a voyage to Virginia, to learn ſome- thing of my brother.
When landed, I ſent a letter unto
him, telling of ſeveral particular affaire.
This letter fell into my ſon's hands,
who asked the meſſenger, Where the lady put up that ſent it? On being informed, he ſaid, He would ſee me very ſoon.
And accordingly very ſoon after he
called upon me attended by two ſer- vants on horſeback, and approaching towards me, he ſaluted me with theſe very, tender and affecting expaeſſions,
