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1849 Thursday June 7 Williamsburg
It is really uncommon weather for the season Indeed
I have never known such a variable and unseason-
able year. Unfortunately it is favorable for the
most fatal and certain destroyer of the human
race, the Cholera, which is now making rapid
inroads on our Country: It has nearly reached this
place. Would to God we may escape. We are almost
surrounded with it and every day hearing
more alarming and discouraging intelligence.
All the adjacent counties are now laboring
under its influence. I have recently received
the distressing information of its ravages in
Gloucester: at Concord the residence of my [?]
Col Jones deceased, his widow has been
attacked with its mild form and is soon
recovering. God has mercy upon my relations
especially my father and sister & Brother
overall who are [?] dear to us.
But if it is thy will to afflict us with it
let thy will be done, O Lord: Give us
and contendment therewith. Let us live in
preparation for Eternity, watch and pray