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the remuneration is not a question of
importance provided she is respected and
considered. ??????on and ?
She is distinguished and [meet?], perfectly
well bred, ??? good and patient.
Now if you can find her a good family
you will [?] me a [?]and oblige
one of the most deserving women in the
world.
You know our great calamity. My
house furniture [sic], library clothes and
manuscripts have been burnt [word?]
I have not yet recovered and do not
know what to do till next spring
when I return to Europe. [two words unclear]
as a poor leaf [?] [two words unclear] and
backward by the mind, and wait the
use of my brain to finish my book in
America: it must be printed in Paris
next [?] summer. To finish it I must
go to New York, Boston, Philadelphia
and Washington and do not know if I
am better to start now or to rest

three or four months in Chicago
Probably shall I be able to decide
in a few days.
Adieu dear Madam, believe me
truly yours.

Jenny R d'Hericourt

To the french Consul, 323 West
Randolp St., Chicago, for Madame
J. R. d'Hericourt