Letters of Rev. John W. Alvord

London Sept 5, 1851

My Dear Myrtilla

I arrived in this city last Monday evening safely from Paris & should have written you im-mediately if I had heard from you. My waiting for a letter to which I might reply has caused the delay. As the steamer goes tommorow I will send you a few lines by way of introduction & write again before long. My stay in Paris was pleasant & I was enabled to see the most interesting things in the place. The Louver (sic), Palace of Luxembourg, Thuleries (sic, Versailles, St. Cloud, Hotel Des Invalides, Tomb of Napoleon, Jardin Des Plantes, Pantheon, Hotel Cluny, Old House of Parliament, Chamber of Deputies, Champ de Mars, Champ De Elysees, Barrier D Etoile Column of the 4th, Place Vendome with its column, Place La Concorde, with its column & beautiful fountains, Chapel of St Ferdinand, The Notre Dame, Magdalena & other churches. The other places ^I visited^ are not now in mind, but these are by no means all — how can I describe them. I remained 10 days in all. My journey was quickly made to this place (10 hours) & I have seen the Exhibition, St Pauls, Tower, Tunnel, &c &c—with collections of paintings & statuary but not as many of these last as I saw in Paris. My health is about as when I wrote last—some head ache ^but I enjoy every thing^—Hoping to hear soon I am your affectionate husband

J.W. Alvord