Docno: ADMS-03-02-02-0003-0002-0017
Author: Adams, John Quincy
Date: 1788-02-17
Parson Carey is very sick; and consequently we had no meeting: so I staid at home;
wrote a long Letter to my friend Fiske,
1 and a page or two some ways back in this book. In the evening I went to Mrs. Hooper's
to see Townsend, whom I found very hoarse, and with a bad cough. I pass'd the evening
there, as likewise did Mr. S. Cutler. Within these two years Townsend has lost two
brothers and a Sister by consumptions, and it is much to be feared that he himself
will be subject to the same misfortune: I am in hopes however, that by their fate,
he will be warn'd to
{ 364 } take such care of himself, as will preserve his life and lengthen his days; for I
feel a great degree of friendship for him.