Chester Letters for the Year 1785

Chester, SC - 0 May 1785

Appearances are hostile; they talk of twenty or twenty-five days at least. I believe I shall not hold out so long.

Chester, SC - 0 May 1785

I strayed this morning for an hour or two in the woods, where I lay on a rock to enjoy the wild retreat.

Chester, SC - 0 May 1785

I then contemplate nothing so eagerly as my return; amuse myself with ideas of my own happiness, and dwell on the sweet domestic joys which I fancy prepared for me.

Chester, SC - 12 May 1785

I bear the fatigues of our business to admiration. Have great appetite, and sleep sound about ten hours a night. I am already as black as a Shawanese.

Chester, SC - 19 May 1785

We have this day begun the examination of witnesses, which, together with the arguments, will keep us the greater part, and probably the whole, of next week.

Chester, SC - 20 May 1785

Our witnesses are so aged, and many so remote, that they will not be in till Monday, so that, at this rate, we shall eke out the whole of next week.