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a single lady who had two nieces living with her, we
had a private parlour and took our meals to ourselves.
They became so much attached that to us, that they could
hardly part with us, and it would afford them the great-
est pleasure to see us again. There was an old gentle-
man Colonel Mosely who loved us as his grandchildren
and whenever we spoke of returning home, tears filled
his eyes. We became acquainted with every one in the
place — October 15^th 1837. Sunday. There was a family
there from the west, who boarded in the same
house with us with whom we became very inti-
mate. They are still there, and a correspondence
is kept up between us. It is so long since we left
the North, that numerous incidents which at
the time were interesting, have left not a vivid
enough impression to enable me to relate them in
a clear distinct manner. I must therefore give
but a short sketch of our sojourn there, & per-
haps not a very satisfactory one. When we first
saw snow we were perfectly delighted, and thought
it a sight worth going to the North to see, the
sleigh rides were delightful, and even our walks
to school through the snow, with stockings over
our shoes to prevent us from falling were pleasant.
When we first wore the stockings over our shoes, we
were quite concerned, less persons should think we
had no shoes on, but we were told no one would
think Southerners so brave as to go without shoes in