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My Dear Neice Eliza
My heart was
made glad the last week by the reception of your
kind, wellcome letter the more so, as
it had been so very long since I had heard from
any of you, begun to feel that you all had again
croped me from your list of corispondents but the re-
ception of your letter has done away with that feel-
ing, so now I take this early hour to reply, I
wish your mother had added a few lines to yours if
she only knew how very much I should have prized
it I think she would, I often think when I neglect
writing to dear absent friends. I know not how long
the privelege will be granted me to do so either one
or the other may be removed before the reach of our

my heart was
made glad the last week by the reception of your
kind welcome wellcome letter the more so, as
it had been so very long since I had heard from
any of you, begun to feel that you all had again
crossed from your list of correspondents but the re
ception of your better has done away with that feel
ing, so now I take this early hour to reply, I
wish your mother had added a few lines to yours if
she only knew how very much I should have [prized?]
it. I think she would, I often think when I neglect
writing to dear absent friends, I know not how long
the privelege will be granted me to do so either one
or the other may be removed before the reach of our