Dear Sir, The indisposition with which I was afflicted during the last summer and fall, and which threatened to put an end to my existence on this earth, by the interposition of a kind Providence has been almost entirely removed During the winter my health did not recover very rapidly; this state of convalescence, in a great measure, prevented my communicating the proceedings of Congress so frequently to my constituents as duty and inclination directed - Holmes, David (s.n, 1800)