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They had not returned a few days ago. Great
many from Warrenton went. Mrs Allen amongst
the number. Mrs Lucas furnished the dinner.
There were between 800 and 1000 strangers there.
You do not know how much I was relieved when I
received your letter, that you had reached St. Louis.
I was so much afraid some accident would happen
to you, and that dear little Shep was [...]er
I expect he can walk very well by this time.
Mr F. laughed yesterday and told me when I wrote to
ask you if there was any prospect of the zephyr being
any use to you. he says there is no prospect here
he thinks. You know what he means, I expect you
[...] his telling us about it. recoll[ect]
[...] Children are all well and have [The?]
[...] you Sal sometimes says she goint
to see Shep. You think Isaac about afortnight went
off toward Warrenton we did not know he had gone
and fortunately one of our neighbours negroes saw him about
a mile and a half from here and carried him home and
in the afternoon his master came over to know if we
had lost a child here and described his dress and told
what he said his mother's name was. I felt grateful that
we found him so soon.

You remember the vine I had taken up and set near
the garden gate it has grown rapidly and is now
in bloom and looks very pretty.,

Give my love to Mr. Cabanne. Tell him as he was
so attentive to the geese I must let him know how they come
on I have but two goslings and they grow very fast.