Camp: Fort Edward 30. Sep. 1755—Teusday Worthy Friend,

Yesterday, just as the Sun took its flight I Received Those Cordial Lines which you was Pleased to favour me with1 and now Robs the sick of these few Minutes to Congratulate you at your New Habitation. The day you Left me.2 I was Seiz'd with a Hipocondriacal Disorder, and had it not ben for Much Business that Diverted my Mind, No Body Can tell what Dier Effects it would have had upon my Slender Machine, but by the Perusal of your favour I am much better, and wait for the sight of the auther to Compleat the Cure, and hope you will not be Backward in the administration. We have now 74 in our Regt. Sick or unfit for duty which not only wracks my Mind but also my Body. However am in Good Helth, Temperance being my only Physician.

But Heartyly Desier my old bedfellow these Cold Nights which adverce fortune has Rob'd me of. I hope your Lodging & Diet is both312Comfortable and agreable. Long to See you, being destitute of Prayers & Divinity. Begg you will take an oppertunity and Shortly Visit your, Hearty Friend and Humle. Sert.,

EDWARD FLINT

P.S. As we are unluckaly Separated Pray Let us write to Each other by Every oppertunity. Given my Senceere Regards to Colo. Willard and Brother Crouses and all Acquaintance.

RC ; addressed: "To Mr: R.T. Paine Att Lake George Chaplain in Col: Willards Regt."; endorsed.

1.

Not located.

2.

Sept. 25, 1755.

October 1, 1755 1 Dear Sir,

I recd. yr. Epistle; It was agreable to me to hear from you, but yet unpleasant to hear the Encroachmts. wch. Genrall Hippo 2 makes on your Unfortifyd Territorys. He is a very Tyrannical Potentate & if he should once get Possession of yr. Grand Castle, he would soon reduce you to the most abject Slavery. Therefore it behooves you to raise a Reinforcemt. & go speedily to the Relief of yr. Expos'd Frontiers. If any of my forces are necessary to remove yr. Oppression, I'll send you a Regiment under the Command of Coll. Mirth, being a Detachmt. from the Troops under the Command of Genrall Freindship & then I doubt not but his assistance join'd to yr. own Efforts will teach that Haughty Usurper to confine himself to unfreindly Territorys out of the Reach of Coll. Mirths Bayonets or Sound of his Drums within? the gloomy Bosoms of Old Maids & Hermits.

Dft ; at foot of text: "To Dr. Flynt Fort Edward"; "To Dr. Ed. F: Allegory on the Hip."

1.

RTP mentions writing to Dr. Flint in his diary entry of Oct. 1.

2.

I.e., hypochondria.