Has written to sister Martha (Bland) Banister, to John Banister and to Betty Carlos. Is pitted from smallpox in February. Many others here similar. Came here from Philadelphia first day of last month. General Washington's headquarters here. Mrs. Martha (Dandridge) Custis Washington had arrived three weeks earlier. Had been absent from Fanny's brother (Theodorick Bland) from January to April. Had had qualms about visiting a camp but came with a lady and gentleman on their way to Boston. Morris a clever village in beautiful valley at foot of five mountains. Three houses with steeples. Larger than Blandford. Aside from two refugee families from New York, is inhabited by errentest rusticks. Many villages all with meeting houses, court houses. Sweet farms with lush grass. Poet's Arcadia. Girls are peasant looking creatures. All very inhospitable, giving nothing but "dreadful good water." "Desperate" and "dreadful" are favorite words. She would laugh to hear them talk. Lower part of Jerseys pleased her. Has been at Newark within 7 miles of New York. Also at Elizabethtown where Doctor Manlove lived. He was a fool to leave only place in world he was liked. Commander Washington commands men by his skill in military matters and women by politeness and attention. Visit them 2 or 3 times a week by particular invitation. He is busy in forenoon but free in evening. His lady seems to be in felicity and calls him her "old man." Often make horseback parties: General and Mrs. Washington, Miss Livingston and the aide-de-camp, Colonel Fitzgerald, Colonel Johnson, brother of Mrs. Malone, Colonel Hamilton, Colonel Meade, Colonel Tillman, Colonel Harrison brother of Billy Harrison who kept store in Petersburg, and Captain Gibbs. General Washington throws off hero and becomes chatty agreeable companion. Can be downright impudent. Her brother Theodorick Bland has promised them his imiature when he goes to Philadelphia. Theodorick Randolph will always be her favorite.