Auburn Monday June 14^th
My dear Henry
Though I recieved a letter from
you this morning dated at Washington I suppose
I may with safety direct this to Albany –
It is rather difficult for the imagination to
keep pace with the rapidity of your movements
Grandpa has to be informed numberless times
of the last change before he can quite understand
it – I went to Church yesterday – found it
raining hard when I came out but dear Willie
was at the porch with an umbrella – it was
a long walk in a hard shower and my
pretty new dress was thoroughly drenched –
You will laugh when I tell you that
the loss of the Chesapeake has renewed all
my misgivings about going to Chicago
Unless I have actually persuaded Lazette to
go I believe I will stay at home – I have
never been able to make my fear of water
yield to reason and always suffer when
on a boat of any description though I am
generally too sick to talk much about it –
I was very busy all last week – Saturday
with the assistance of Maria I put all

the books on the shelves that is all that the shelves
would contain which is not the whole by
any means – to day I have been hanging pictures
Mr Jenkins has put up the fallen plaister and
whitewashed the little recess preparatory to removing
the minerals – Mr Sitser is missing again –
I have a new girl in the kitchen and Abbey
is using her needle effectively – Fanny seems
quite reconciled to a change of nurses –
The almost constant rain has prevented my visiting
the garden often for the last three days –
The roses are beginning to make their appearance –
and the orange lilies are very abundant –
The rain has washed away the red pionies
the white are just opening –
The notice in the Tribune of your removal
to Albany has excited much speculation –
was it authorized? I suppose so –
Clarence writes me that he is desirous of
being baptized and also asks permission to
come home at the time of the Bishop next
visit (some time next month) to be
confirmed – The influence of the Bishops
daughter has not failed to operate on his
susceptible mind – I hope it may lead
to goodness – I have just written to Fred –
have nothing more from Augustus – A. Dieu
ever your own
Frances –

The usual box of fish came yesterday
accompanied by two fine fine apples – tell
Mr Newman that I shall soon write a letter
of remonstrance to him if he sends us any
more such fine presents–