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Charlie has not been to see
yet I am writing anxiously
to have a long talk with him
he said he would come in
before he left. Dear Jennie
is there anything I can do
for you. I am at your command
if I make mistakes it is the
head & not the heart — when you
return I will meet you at
any place if time wont permit
you to come to Albany before
you return to Washington
Did I do right in having the
notice of Anna's death put
in the Journal. You have be[en]
so in my heart while in Europe.
that I desire to do all that [ I as ?]
in my power — I hope we have [par?]

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over the intense heat of this summer
it has been fearful — with it all Mr Covert
and I have kept well and I am all settled
in domestic affairs expect a new girl
the first of Sept I think [Jersan] regrets
leaving me — but I would not keep her
if I had to walk on one leg a friend of
mine came in one evening and remarked
" I expected to find you on flat your back " Mr Covert
hearing it said you will never see her flattened