| Description | Enclosure, Joseph Smith to Alexander Duncan, 15 Feb 1775, New Haven, Connecticut, apologises for non-delivery of letter written last year, acknowledges his of the summer of 1773, unhealthy state of New Haven, alarming condition of affairs, both sides preparing for war, fears if the late Acts of Parliament are attempted to put in execution by force , such event is inevitable, stagnation of trade, and probable closing of the Courts of Justice as already done in Massachusetts and South Carolina |