To John Valton Date: LONDON, November 13, 1784. MY DEAR BROTHER, - Before I read your letter my first thought was, 'He will not recover with spring'; but a second immediately followed, 'Yes, at or before Candlemas.' And I trust so it will be. But in the meantime you ought undoubtedly to follow the directions of your physician. See letters of Oct. 13 and Dee. 24 (to Thomas Taylor). Only I wish you to add daily riding and the daily use of decoction of nettles, which is a nobler restorative than all the quinquiza in Peru, though in many cases that is an excellent medicine. I was confined from the 28th of November 1753. till the end of February; the Hot Well water completed the cure. You are now God's prisoner, and are learning that deep lesson, 'Be content to do nothing.' That God may teach you this and all things is the prayer of Your affectionate friend and brother.