Letter from Martha Washington, Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Elizabeth Ramsay, 1775 December 30 : autograph manuscript signed | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Relating her observations of Boston; saying "every person seems to be chearfull and happy here, -- some days we have a number of Cannon and shells from Boston and Bunkers Hill, but it does not seem to surprise any one but me; I confes I shuder every time I hear the sound of a gun ... thare seems to be a number of very fine Buildings in Boton [sic] but god knows how long they will stand; they are pulling up all the warfs for fire wood -- To me that never see any thing of war, the preperations are very terable indeed, but I endevor to keep my fears to my self as well as I can;" relating news of mutual friends