Scope and Contents Regrets parting with her (EW) "sweet son" [George Whiting] who is leaveing Williamsburg; agrees he should quit college "at least for a time"; the conduct of some of the students [at the College of William & Mary] have surpassed anything ever heard of; leaves George who from necessity among them to tell her of "their wicked and sacrilegious proceedings"; is told the visitors meet today and doesn't know what their deliberation will be; hopes it will be something "that in future secure the College from the odium the late unpresidented [sic] behaviour [sic] of the students must have cast upon it"; glad her son [GW] "is among the number of those who see their conduct in its proper light"; thinks the news of Polly Peachy's loss has reached "Enfield"; fears that her situation will require all the fortitude she is possessed of; believes her [PP] father-in-law is one of "the best men" and will do everything he can to "soften the rigour [sic] of the situation"; she [CB] has not been to visit her [PP] since her husband's death; she [PP] and her father-in-law are to write to the family until her husband's affairs are settled; would be elated to have so dear a friend [PP] living near her if her own residence in Williamsburg were permanent; has kept her promise to her dying friend [Jenny Henderson] to care for her son Thomas; does not want to be separated from Thomas for whom she feels a mother's fondness; has been told that his [Thomas] father [Rev. James Henderson] has been paying his addresses to Miss Macon since last Aug[us]t and she has repeatedly rejected him; he [JH] has never mentioned his affairs to her so that she does not know if the reports are true; prays for his [JH] happiness, hopes he would treat her with more confidence; had promised Jenny to continue there Williamsburg until Mr. H[enderson] was married; hopes he [Thomas] may meet a good mother-in-law [stepmother]; if she witnesses any unkindness to Thomas by a new stepmother -- the idea makes her shuddder; thinks she ought to apologize for dwelling on the subject; her [CB] brother is settling himself and his family up in Norfolk, Virginia having just arrived from Philadelphia Pennsylvania with his wife, son and daughter, all in perfect health; fears a change from a northern climate for htem may not be favourable "particularly as Norfolk is known to be so fatal to children"; has been asked by her brother is she would like to live with his family and says she will if she leaves her current habitation; plans to visit her brother when he is settled; as all her friends will probably write will only take the time to ask her opinion of her (EW) Uncle [Wilson] Cary's marriage?; fears Wilson's [Cary] poor children will be sufferers; sometimes old men do strange things; asked to be remembered to "Polly" [Mary Blair Whiting] and Dr. Little tho[ugh] she "has not the pleasure of his acquaintance"; supposes Frank [Francis Whiting] is at school and sends her love to him; her little "darlin'" [Thomas] sends a kiss to cousing Whiting. 4pp. ALS.