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West Indiaman Ijtlonging to Greenock was slranded at Kirk Michael, Ov a 

 sloop with corn near Peel. As I have not been out of the house these ten 

 days, I have not heard of any other damage done on this Island. I am afraid 

 we shall hear of much damage on the Coast of England. 



If you have any quantity of Segars, I shall be much obliged to you for a 

 few — via Sam Newton. 



Mention has already been made of one notable improve- 

 ment in the Lancashire manufacture, and Cable's admira- 

 tion of the muslin calls to mind the statement of Mr. 

 Thomas Ellison, that the period with which we are dealing 

 was the era of invention, and that improvements in every 

 department of the cotton trade were being made almost 

 every year. The " Segars " are worthy of notice. 



Colonel Philips had several bi others. Francis was 

 dealt with in Part I. Of the rest, Henry Philips, born in 

 1767, lived at Philadelphia. He married Sophia, the 

 daughter of Judge Chew, of the Court of Errors and 

 Appeals in that city. He died in iSoo, and his only 

 daughter aud heiress, Sophia Philips, was married in New 

 York. Another brother, Nathaniel George, was born in 

 1770, and died at New York in 1793. James Philips was 

 born in 1777, and died unmarried in 18 10. Thomas 

 Philips was born in 1781, and died unmarried in 1806. 

 Hardman Philips, of Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, was born 

 in 1784, and in 1821 married a daughter of the Rev. Ed. 

 Lloyd, of Fairfield. He died in 1854. The sisters, 

 Elizabeth and Sarah, are mentioned elsewhere. 



On March 29th, 1802, Cable writes: — 



It gave me great concern to find that my suspicions about your brother 

 James were but too true for I know that such a business could not fail to 

 give you all a great deal of concern & trouble, & nobody wou'd feel more 

 than yourself. It is a great comfort however to find that he has come 

 through with honour, iX: without having his character the least injured. 



About the middle of last month I recJ your kind present of a cheese, 

 part of which I hope you will eat in Mona in the course of the Summer. A 

 little Sea Bathing will do Mrs Philips much good, & we have now two very 

 decent bathing machines which makes bathing infinitely more commodious 

 than it has ever yet been in this Island. Tell her this for her comfort. 



