East Hampton
August 26. 1846

My Dear Sir;
Your basket of fruit reached us 
in safety and affords a ''bon gouche'' and as 
one good turn of luck is quite apt to be fol
lowed by another, so was it in our case for 
in ten minutes after the arrival of your basket
Mr. Congor, who leaves to day on his return to 
Grassy Point, sent us a present of some cantaloups 
which however I fear are destined to be handed 
over to the servants as they are too indigestible 
to render them suitable either to Julia, Alice or 
myself. - We have scarcely been able to leave 
the House since I last wrote you in consequence 
of a continuous rain and mist which has prevaild 
for some days. The sun once more deigns to break 
in upon us, and we have passd at once in our 
climate from the Polls to the Equator. A few evenings 
since our whole party rode to Georgica Pond, and 
I carried a rake in pursuit of soft crabs, but 
the sportsmen had caused a canal to be opend 
to the sea which had laid bare my fishing ground 
and thus denied me all success. In returning 
the horses made a furious start and had commencd 
a run, but I snatchd the reins from the hands of 
John and curbd them in their fury. This you 
will say was against all law, and so said John

but I looked at him, and perceiving no colour in his 
face, and that he had for the moment lost all his 
courage, I taunted him with it. His only reply 
was "by [?] Sir it was worse than any thing 
they have ever done". However they came on after
wards very gently and we shall very soon take 
our accustomed ride again, that is, so soon as the 
weather will permit. Julia improves daily 
and the boy grows apace. She desires that you 
will go to the Ladies Repository and enquire what 
they will charge by the yard, for embroidering 
with silk on Merino covering a space of three 
inches all around. Such a request would be 
wholly unjustifiable if it were not to be placd 
on the ground of future usefulness to yourself 
by bringing you acquainted with matters 
which at no distant day you may have to 
execute for your own Mrs D. S. Gardiner. 
All unite in respects, in which no one 
is more sincere than 
Yrs Truly & faithfully
John Tyler 

Col. D. L. Gardiner

East Hampton
[?] Aug. 28th

J. Tyler 

Col. David L. Gardiner 
No. 43 Lafayette Place
New York