Williamsburg
February 7th 1841

Dear Boswell
Your letter announcing the gratify
-ing intelligence of your safe arrival at [?]
-[?] and the present good condition of your 
health, has been received. It it however a 
matter of astonishment how the mails manage 
to travel with any regularity during this 
excusable weather. The rain, with occasion
-al fitful interruptions of sickly sunshine, 
has been flooding the Earth continualy. 
For the last month and the roads in this 
section of country are in such awful and 
[?] as to constitute a natural embargo
on travel. The only consolation which I [?]
under are [?] and [?] to my [?] 
is found in the [vision] which I have for [?]
as future plan of operations and in 
Mr. Jefferson's idea that nature [?] with 
certain "given just ties [?] [?] there

can be no such. On this principle [?] is [shortly?] 
to be [?].
You are naturaly anxious to know of the 
mental, moral, and physical condition of all 
your friends in Virginia. I concern myself 
very little about such things but occasional 
rumors of persons with whom I know you to be 
acquainted, and about whom I know you 
to be interested, [?] my ears. The lines of 
my system of Philosophy, that of "had a scarce 
made the natural operation of all [?] affairs" 
have been [?] contacted into the [?]
[?] -of philanthropy-I care not who knows my 
[believing] of in them [?]. If I were rich I 
know not- [?] men, I would speak to, __. 
But a few words at me from any [?] in 
Williamsburg. First of my own family. The 
Vice-President-is [?] 
daily expecting a visit from General 
Harrison. What between public & private matters 
every minute of his time is engaged and for 
the most part [?] employed. For the cares 
of his office are already little less than the cares 
of the man, and it is absurd to [suggest] that 
any man of his temperament and rank 
in life can be happy without being rash. G. F. D. This 
same reading, applied in another form,

which nik the hypotheneuse is clipt of its fair propor-
tions, shows how so many [?] intended as right-
angled triangles, present no regularity of [?] 
at all. Mother is rather unwell, Lisise & [May?] Cooper 
are both quite well, quite enough [?] for two silly 
girls. [?] who denies her of [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] works [?] to a beau-
tiful little daughter, which has of course 
[?] me [?] be [?]. "So much for Reme."
And for others-if R is shortly to be marr-
ied it seems to be understood. Overton seems 
[happy?], which only [Reme?] know [?]. [?] 
this world is , for his [?] of happening is [?] [?] 
[?]-on a foundation of sand which the [?] 
of my personal knowledge could [dwarf] into a 
woeful wreck. In [?] while here we constant
-ly angle in a stream, in which we as often catch a 
log as a fish but happily our [?] secures are
[?] of the proof of delusion by which both 
offer the same and we shout as joyfully for 
the one as the other. What glorious [?]. Then 
the earth is [purged?] with [?], and yet I have 
no question all is as it should be upon [?] 
principle that
"All [?], Harmony, not understood."- 
Catherine & Julia should [?] got [?] them [?] 
to [?] [?], will admit they are and [?] [?] by

Mrs. Ealore. Churchill [?] they say is engaged to be 
married to a little [?] pretty girl by the name 
of [Barnwell?]. I know her slightly but have never 
[?] her.[Rose?] occasionally writes to [Levey?] or 
sends a newspaper. She is you know a Philadel-
phian. [?] [?] is here but I never see him. 

To Mr. Boswell Seawell Esq.
New Orleans
Lousianna

A [?] [?] young man come here of [wrong?] not 
[?] know their [reasons].
I am [going?] to [?] [?] a [?] [?] time. 
If you return from [?] to Virginia you 
will come there, "en route". I go to [?] for a live-
lihood. I shall be glad to hear from you when your 
term [?], and to hear of your [?].

The family send love
Yrs Ro: Tyler