Letter to Robert Pleasants, 1794-12-04

              Northampton County 4th 12th Mo 1794
Esteemed Frd Robert PleasantsI recd. thine by dick and 
beleive there is more enemies against the Liberties of Negroes with 
us then with you, my near Neighbors Head on the virginia Line 
having A Number of them and more Ready to believe they may 
suffer by the Liberty I have Given mine by alowing 
them to buil 3 or 4 houses and make corn & [va?e] [?ogs] for themselves, 
as I oferd. one Place to dick, and if I was to apply 
to ye court for more Liberty it appears to me I might 
be deprived of the Liberty I Now have as it is contrary 
to our laws I am indulged by favor but am obligd to see 
there tax Paid & Lifted 14 of them. I am in my seventy fifth 
year and through mercy Blessd with as much helth as most of my age 
and Never use specticls, and beleive I have Got well of 
my [Rumatick?] Pains Excepting I should suffer cold or over 
heat and do prefir temperance in most disorders to Physick as to 
my outward conserns I have witnessed Stephen Crisp Prophecy 
Relating to money being in other mens hands and find there 
Solem Contracks is Not to be Regarded, and beleive I shall loose 
more then 2000 pound. I have brought suits in two courts In 
this State against Kannons administrators and after paying Near 50 
Including my cost in Virginia Expect to loose Near 600 pound 
but after doing what I can, and my fortune What it may. I hope 
even to be blessd with that Peace the Words of our Saviour that 
we must give accont In the day of Jugement for every Idle word we say. 
I have sought many such days. Not only 
to bring my words but actions to that Light that makes manifest 
What is Reproveable, and find I have ben Wanting In many things 
Especially of puting In practice What the apstle Informed 
the Cor. the Weapons of our warfare ane Not Carnal but