E. Earl writes R. Williams of her disappointment at O. Williams' decision to buy land at Bridgewater rather than at Union springs, which land she describes as good, but prices high and provisions scarce. She mentions the deaths of J. Hadwin and S. Elam who willed his apparel to his favorite black boy and his library to the New Bedford Academy. She describes her husband's financial setbacks and subsequent rebuilding, including a boat and a grist mill. Union Springs, December 19, 1813. Others mentioned: Hadwin, james; Earl, John; Burling, William; Greene, Abigail.