p.

Ourself had a very pleasant
time every way; since that
time E's wife & Fra Carpenter son
of James C's is wife & daughter &
E's Elizabeth [Cervis] have been oute
here, attended Flambourg Quarterly mee
ting & visited all round, starte for
home yesterday morning. I trust
they as well as we shall long reme
mber the happy hours we have
spend together, how often did I
wish thee could ben here & seen them
Elizabeth is pleasant & cheerful the same cold woman
that she was when a girl. Nicholas is
not living. We are having the
greatest drouth, that was ever
known in this country, & the wether
very oppressive the thermometer
stood today at 3 o'clock 112.

Our children & families are
in usual health considering the
severity of the wether. Laura
has had a very bad time with
soar throat did not have her

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clothes on for more than a
weeke the doctor pronounced
it dyptheria.
They have to [Perchford]
hope she has recovered from her
feeble state of health, no doubt
but her precious children will do
every thing for her they can,
ow much longer has Wm got to
stay in the army, I am glad
he appeared so much like himself
when at home, poor child he
has suffered much, & his friend
have in minde suffered
much for him & that he may
be one of the number whic are permited to return
in safety to the bosom of his frien
ds; Oh dear me when will this
cruel war end.
[4 day] ere Paulina if thee & George are
conversing about visiting us, just
let me put in a word now
make your calculations so as