Michael D.Heath-Caldwell M.Arch.

1759 - 1760 - 1769

James Caldwell's father's letters.

Feb 1760.
The Lord Restored me to Health from a very Extraordinary Cold & Violent Pain, Settled in my head For Upwards of Fifteen days and I Trust a most Gratefull sense of it As well as all his great Goodness to me, Will be For Ever Deeply Impressed Upon my Heart Which pray God Enable me to Retain.

April 1760.
The Lord Preserved me from all Misfortunes on my way to & in London & Safely Brought me home to my Family and Preserved also my Wife & Family in health During my Absence; Not withstanding I left her but Very Weak and only a Month of the Child Bed. For Which Great Mercie I hope a Greatfull Sence of it will be for Ever Impressed on my mind and Pray God to Inable me to Retain.

In April & part of May the Lord Preserved me From some Other Particular Misfortunes, that Threatened me with Regards to my Worthy Affairs; & safely Delivered me from them; God Grant I may be Dearly Thankful for the same.

Viz. Two of my Best Customers Beeing very ill at Chester & one in Particular R G Likely to Died But Both Recovered & now Well.

In June my dear Wife Being Very Ill Threatened Very much in Tending to A Weakness is Now Blessed be God Recovered and in Good health this June the 18th 1760. For Which Great Mercie and the many fold Goodnesses of God toward Us. Lord grant wee may be Duly Thankful, through Christ.

Oct 25, 1760.
The Lord preserved us all in my Family from a Dreadfull Calamity Befalling Us, when Our whole wall of Our House Thratened Falling Upon Us, which In all Humane Likelihood had it Fallen would have Destroyed most of Us for Which great Merciee In preventing it, I desire to Humbel my self Before the Lord, and do hope I Shall Never Forgett the great Merciee and Interpositions of his Providence; in preserving Us all from Death & Ruin and I do most Earnestly Beg our Lord my God That this great Mercie and all the by past merseas of my Soul, may be so deeply Stampd upon my mind so as to be a great means of Regulating my Conduct in Love so long as I shall Love this would I most Earnestly Begg for Jesus Christ’s sake to whom with thy self & Ever Blessed spirit be glory for Ever Amen.

Vesatations of the almighty To us Poor unworthy Creatures.

Saturday 8 Oct 1760

half an hour after 3 oClock it pleased the Almighty to take from us poor Tomey Sine Child of a partial sore throat.

Decem 29 1769

Same year my dear good child Peggy seeased with the same disorder and Poor little Bettey also and on the 30 Dear Jamey of same two days after Poor Nanney seeased also all four confined the Lord God only Know the unspeak be the sobs of grief that self and Dear wife underwent as wee gave Poor Bettey up for lost to this world.

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