1784.] TO HUMPHRY MARSHALL. 535 



Philadelphia, Feb. 28th, 1784. 



My respected Friend : 



***** 

 I have had the pleasure to receive letters from my son Isaac, 

 dated Dec. 1st and 9th, from Liege. He had enjoyed very good 

 health, was pleased with the country, and in the spring intended 

 for Paris. I hope it will not be long before thee pays thy Phila- 

 delphia friends a visit. Has thee heard of the Balloons, by which 

 they take journeys in the air ? It is said they are making one in 

 Philadelphia. ***** 



I am thy obliged friend, 



Mary Norris. 



My respected Friend : 



Captain Williams is arrived from Leghorn, and has brought a 

 box and a letter for thee, from the Abbe Fc-NTANA. The letter is 

 at my house ; but as I suppose thee must come down for the box, 

 and as I am not certain how safely, or how soon, the letter might 

 come to thy hand, I thought it best to keep it, and to give thee 

 this notice. We are all very well. My kind love is to thee, thy 

 wife, and Alice. 



I am thy obliged friend, 



Mary Norris. 



Philadelphia, June 29th, 1784. 



My respected Friend : 



* * * The town is at this time greatly 

 entertained with a course of lectures on the Philosophy of Che- 

 mistry and Natural History, by Doctor Moyes. He is a most 

 extraordinary man. He had the misfortune to lose his eyesight, 

 at eighteen months old. By all account of him, he is a worthy, 

 agreeable, sensible, and good man. People of every description, 

 men and women, flock to the lectures. They are held at the 

 University, three evenings in a week. 



* * * My son and daughter Logan are in town. 

 They are come, like the rest of the world, to the lectures. 



