Letters of Rev. John W. Alvord

Paris, August 22, 1851

My Dear Myrtilla,

Your good letter of 24th June I found yesterday here in Paris at which place I arrived the night before._ I am very glad know that you are so far recovered from your sickness & that the dear children are so well & happy._ You make quite too many apologies for not writing me often._ I think you have been quite punctual considering your inability. I should have written this before but I wrote to Winsted a letter 2 weeks since which I really intended very much for you, supposing that by the time the it reached its destination you would be there._ I hope they have informed you of hearing from me. All your letters I have received & have been delighted with, [illegible]_ & have no doubt [illegible] that another is by this time awaiting me in London_ So please dismiss all your anxieties about making me happy. I think you have always been a very faithful wife_ & shall never suspect you of wrong intentions or of willing inadvertency. I love you more than ever & hope absence has not diminished your affections._ As you remark I think we shall enjoy each others society very soon [illegible]. / Since I wrote my health has improved very manifestly. I remained at [Elquestery?] 2 weeks & then by the with the doctors consent undertook a tour Southern through the mountains of Switzerland. This has occupied 3 weeks - sometimes on foot, sometimes on horse back, sometimes in a rowboat across little lakes of Switzerland &e &c. The ef-