As to government, nothing is yet done about it. The Church is opened here every Sunday, and the King prayed for, as usual, in open defiance of Congress.
If the next post does not bring me a letter, I think I will leave off writing, for I shall not believe you get mine.
Adieu. Yours,
P. S. Master John has become post-rider from Boston to Braintree.
FOOTNOTES:
[161] The battle on Long Island.
143. John Adams.
Philadelphia, 4 October, 1776.