Stumbled upon this while looking for other things in the Archives Reading Room at LVA. Judge Isaac Smith, of Alexandria, Virginia, March 5, 1778, writing to explain why he was unable to accept a request to help out at a neighboring court : “For some time past I have had the Piles so bad that I could not sit at Home without a Cushion. Riding on Horseback therefore is impracticable, and in a Chair, at this Season of the year, and with such a Distance is as much so. Over and above, I have been making so free with Mercury, to cure this cursed Scotch-Tory Disorder the Itch; that being much exposed to the cold would be attended with real Danger.” Virginia Miscellany, Box: 1 folder: 1, Acc. 24715, Library of Virginia, Richmond. Jon Kukla ________________ www.JonKukla.com <http://www.jonkukla.com/> ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html