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were doing so well and trust they will continue to do so — Your Cousin Sarah is with us for change of Air — I quite grieve to see her — for I fear there are but slight hopes of her recovery, and there are so many things preying upon her Mind which prevents her recovering the good she otherwise

would — I mean her absence from her Husband & home her inability to nurse & take care of her Children are great trials to her —
Harriet came over to see us yesterday & poor Sarah was quite cut up to see her looking in such good health & Spirits & able to attend to her Children while herself was perhaps

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you want a name for your Boy — cannot you call him James Marsden, after his God father — Your Papa left this morning for Sydney he regretted you were not here to go with him — I hope you will be able to come while your Aunt Mary & Sarah are with us — they will leave about the 14th — Sarah is anxious to
see you before she goes to Morton Bay [Moreton Bay]

Fanny will be able to spare Emily now for Robert can play with Kate — give our united kind love to Fanny and your Aunt — God bless you & your dear Children my dear James & believe me
Your affectionate Mother
Anne Hassall