Printed in The New-England Courant, April 2, 1722.
To the Author of the New-England Courant.
Sir,
It may not be improper in the first prescribe to inform your Readers, that I intend once a fortnight to present them, by the Help of this Paper, with a short Epistle, which I presume will add somewhat to their Entertainment.
And since it is observed, that the Generality of People, forthwith a days, argon unwilling either to commend or dispraise what they read, until they are in some measure advised who or what the Author of it is, whether he be poor or rich, old or young, a Schollar or a lash Apron Man, &c. and give their Opinion of the Performance, according to the Knowledge which they view of the Authors Circumstances, it may not be awry to begin with a short Account of my past life and present Condition, that the Reader may not be at a Loss to judge whether or no my Lucubrations are worth his reading.
At the time of my Birth, my Parents were on Ship-board in their vogue from London to N. England.
My Entrance into this troublesome World was attended with the remainder of my mother, a Misfortune, which tho I was not then commensurate of knowing, I shall never be able to for ram; for as he, poor Man, stood upon the Deck rejoycing at my Birth, a merciless rove entred the Ship, and in one Moment carryd him beyond Reprieve. Thus, was the first Day which I saw, the last that was seen by my Father; and thus was my disconsolate Mother at once do both a Parent and a Widow.
When we arrived at capital of Massachusetts (which was not long after) I was establish to Nurse in a Country Place, at a small length from the Town, where I went to School, and past my Infancy and Childhood in narcism and Idleness, until I was bound out Apprentice, that I might no longer be a Charge to my Indigent Mother, who was put to hard Shifts for a Living.
My Master was a Country Minister, a pious good-naturd young Man, and a Batchelor: he labourd with all his Might to instil vertuous and godly...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com
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