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am glad the house is taken by Mr. Ruard—It doubtless will
now be well taken care of—^30th We are to day becalmed just at
the lower end of the Baltic—Our passage has been that only
seven days & very pleasant & if the wind breezes up, we ex-
-pect to be in Elsinore this evening—Ezra is quite well & is
enjoying his journey very much—He & the mate & myself have
been bathing to day in the sea & I feel very much refreshed by
it—so you may know how quietly our ship is lying—about 150
vessels are all about us floating as lazily as ourselves on a
sea as smooth almost as glass—Although our ship
stayd in put longer than was expected—yet I found I had hardly
time enough at last—I was to have spent the three following
days at the Prince of Oldenburg's, where a nice room had been
fitted up for me, & where I should have seen much that
would have been interesting—I shall not soon forget the disin-
-terested kindness of these good people, nor the pains they look
it make my visit to St Petersburg pleasant—Every day they
would send a man & a carriage to take me out to see
some industry locality—& when I came to leave, the Princess
gave me a letter of introduction to her brother the Duke of Nassau
on the Rhine—I shall use it of course ^{if we go that way}—The minute particulars
of all the things you will find in my note book—written down
from day to day—but only or your private eye—You will there
see how much I have to be thankful for—mainly to him
in whose hands are the hearts of all—and now my dear
wife & precious little ones I commend you to God & to his grace
praying that he will keep you from all evil & confer upon you
every blessing—We will not forget each other as the Throne of Grace
Julia will be a good girl & Charley a good boy—From their
dear father & your loving husband
J. W. Alvord.
P. S. Love to all. & write them on [unclear] of this at Winsted—giving them
also much love
July 4. at Copenhagen. Have been here 4 days & go this P.M. to Hamburg. Feel better than usual.