Canea, Islands of Crete
October 25 1859.
My dear Uncle –
The "Macedonian" reached
this place on Saturday last, being Eleven
days making the passage from Alexandria
here, owing to light winds and calms
during the whole passage – By her I received –
your kind letter which I thank you for –
I regret that you could not spare time
Enough to come here for a few days – I think
you would have Enjoyed your visit, and I
need not say that I would have been deligh-
ted to have seen you –
I can sympathize with you in your
Quarantine troubles for during my trip
out here I was caught in two of them –
and my idea of a Quarantine, is im-
prisonment with a chance of catching
the plague, and a certainty of being
robbed –
In reply to your Enquiries after my
health, I can say that it is somewhat
better than it used to be, though I am far
from well – I Hope that time & a residence
in Crete will effect a cure and the
Doctors support me in this Hope –
I will stay in Crete with this object in
view as long as I can, and in case the
Editorial note: Second page of letter not photographed. Checked original letter - thin paper disguised. Need to photograph.

Honorable William H. Seward will be our next
President (and things look that way just now) I
will ask him for the further lease of four years of
this consulate which I trust he will grant me –
Well Uncle Henry I have written you a long
letter, too long perhaps – & will have done –
I wish you a pleasant and speedy voyage
home to your family, which I trust you may
find well and happy upon your return
Your affectionate
Nephew
Aug. Canfield.

hAugustus Canfield
Oct 28 1859