May God take you in his most gracious care, may he be your comforter, your joy and your hope, is the hearty prayer of, dear sister,
Your affectionate brother and servant,
This is the last letter of the Rev. Peter Fontaine, which has fallen into our hands. He died in the month of July of the same year.
Extracts from his last Will.
In the name of God, Amen. I, Peter Fontaine, of the County of Charles City, Parish of Westover. being infirm of body, but of sound mind and memory, knowing it is ordained for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last will and testament.
First, I commend my immortal soul into the hands of my Creator, to be disposed of according to the determination of his unerring wisdom, humbly hoping through the merits of my only Redeemer, the Lord Jesus Christ, that it will obtain favor in his sight, and the pardon of all my known transgressions. As to my body, I commit it to the earth, whence it was taken; there to be purged of all rags of corruption through the blood of my merciful Redeemer, firmly believing it will be raised again to eternal life, summoned by the awful trump of doom, and be joined to my soul and live with it for ever.******
My will and desire is that I may have no public funeral, but that my corpse may be accompanied to the ground by a
