August 18, 1774
Thursday 18.
Very ill most of last night with a violent
Dysentery; I fear a frequency of this dis-
-ease will at length fix & ruin me----
It continues to Day, & with no less rage,
I cannot eat nor drink, am low Spirited
Think constantly of Home; ----Sometimes
Fithian Papers, Manuscripts Division,
Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Published with permission of Princeton University Library.