(seq. 36)

New Rochelle 7 mo. 28. 1839
First day P. M.

Dear Friends:

Two weeks have now elapsed
since I received your last acceptable communica-
tion. I have not much to write only to remind you
that Susan B. still remains in Rochelle and would
be extremely happy to have ^your kindness in writing continued.

Are not any of you coming to New York this sum-
mer & out to see me. G. P. in her letter spoke of C.
McLeans anticipating coming to New-York. If she does,
tell her to come out here, by all means, & spend a little
time with me & I will accompany her to the Lea [shore?]
and show her how to go in bathing. We went again
day before yesterday rode to the shore, as many as 14 of us,
it was low tide therefore was not quite as pleasant, but
still it was delightful. Tell Catharine that the stage leaves
21 Bowery St. & the steam boat the foot of Fulton
every day between 12 & 3, but as the time frequently
changes between those hours, I will not be more definite.

We have a scholar here that is deaf from the same cause
that C is, namely the ear wax becoming hardened. She
has been advised by an old friend (who ^has been taking care of
Eunice, & who has known the beneficial effects of of
the application in several instances), to put salt mois-
tened with vinegar ^so as to drop, into the ear. The scholar has