Letter to Mrs McAllister from Elizabeth Honeychurch dated September 12, 1794 in which she writes about Mrs Cook's illness after the death of her two sons

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MS 4263-Family papers of Captain James Cook, 1776-1926 [manuscript]./Item 9
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No 4263/0  

Linden S. V. 12. 1794  

Mr Mallister  

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Dreceived for Sate June 25, and am  

unny glad to hear that you and your Family is casio  

the Treadful calamite that theatenedy in, in see the  

neus paters gaie mes terrible accounts et il and was  

af, and that you or yours might have tell vections  

to is, and you have great reason to be thankful to the  

Almighty, that the dreadful serunge passed over you  

Now Mr Cook stant time since, she has been  

very All ener since the death of her eldest son,  

which was month and ding after the death of  

her youngest, who was my promising youth,  

designed for the Church, had been at the Uninusit  

of (lambridge law Minters, where he dudola violent  

Hever, the had not been out but once atter his decease  

when the heard of her eldest sins being donored  

which quite over came her, and she has not been  

able to come done stains or eat bit as bread since  

within these few weeks she has eat small hit  

of Veal, or Lamb, or little dish ince which she has  

thought her elf rather better the she has two fit.  

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