Sunday afternoon
My dear Sister,
I received your letter the night
before we left Albany but was too busy
to write as I hoped I might — We had
heard something at Utica in regard to the
course of proceedings in relation to the body
of poor Wyatt — I regretted very much that
the paper you sent did not reach us —
It is a beautiful comment upon the
constancy of popular feeling — Fred
and Clarence have told you all about
our day at Utica— the very kind
attentions of the Drs &c &c they left
us at the Asylum where we had a nice
tea and then went home to change
our dresses to go to Dr Coventrys — We
were engaged to take tea with Mrs Devereux
but were detained at the Asylum until
after eight — Mary would not go to
Dr Coventry’s — Dr McCall took Henry
and myself there — where we met
Dr and Mrs Brigham Mr and Mrs Devereux
a Mrs Shaunard and two or three gentlemen
without their wives — I was too much
fatigued to enjoy the evening though the

the party was pleasant — Dr and Mrs Brigham
drove us home in their carriage— Mrs
Brigham is an agreeable specimen of a new England
woman unostentatious and unaffected —I was
agreeably disappointed in her — the Dr looks
thin pale and care worn which did not
surprise me when I saw how many cares
he had to perplex him — He is superintending
the building of an addition to the Asylum
which is to accommodate about 300
^250^ more patients in addition to the 250 which
he has at the present — The Drs all enquired
about you — I told Dr McCall that you
attended the universalist Church —he said
that he staid at home and read Dr Channing —
We left Utica the next morning at 8 oclock and
reached Albany at 2 — Mrs Collier came on in
company with us — We went to the Eagle
after dinner I went to bed with sick
headache and sat up no more that night
the next morning we drove to the dress makers
called at Mrs Spences, Weeds and Benedicts
Mrs James Taylors — went to see Abbey and
Harriet — After dinner went to see Titian’s
Venuse which I viewed with unmingled disgust
received one or two calls, took care of baby
while Eliza went out to see the town
in the evening packed the trunks read your

letter and went to bed to rise at 5 in the
morning and take the boat for N.Y— reached West
Point at one oclock just in time for dinner
I left my dessert to see my boy who is well
but very thin — We have with some difficulty
obtained Capt Brewerton’s permission to take him
with us to Florida — it is the last week of the
encampment and little profitable will
be done — tomorrow morning we go by the
way of Newburgh to Florida — (I forgot to
mention that Mary and Julia Blatchford were
put on the steam boat for N.Y. Friday
morning [ ) ] Augustus is obliged to be back
on Satu[ rday ] [hole] — Henry has an appointment
in Albany for Monday so we shall
probably all leave Florida together — I
shall not stay in Albany those days but leave
Henry there and probably be home Monday
or Tuesday at furthermost — The children
are well and enjoying the journey very much
Fanny attends the parades and expresses her
admiration by saying — “that is very pretty”
many times repeated — If you have any thing
particular to say to me direct to Albany —
Augustus was much disappointed not to see you and
Fan though I had written that you were not coming
he could not see why — Love to Clara Fan
and the boys —
Your own Sister —

Col and Mrs M Amory are here —
Mrs Bowen writes that she cannot come
Mrs Alvah Worden
Auburn
NY
WEST POINT N.Y.
AUG

hMy sister
1846