Bristol
Dear [Jim] as I know that my letter will be
especially welcome to [] being the envelope of
certain communication from Mr. B[rool...]key, I
can no longer resist writing to you, altho' you do
not deserve a [] from me. You ungrate-
ful [], after confessing [] your
letters than any of the family when you were at
your post last winter I think you might have had
the grace just to let me know that you were alive.
I think also that you might [] [] little
Jule who loves you so much. She asked in one
of her letters "did not [Jim] say anything about wan-
ting to see us when he was at home? I am sure I
wanted to see him dreadfully." I believe she loves
you better than any one in the world beside, and
she would be particularly pleased to hear from in
French, in which language she said I have begun to
correspond, at her request. Julia and Mr. Ogden
are as happy as young lovers usually are. She
speaks of him as her "dearest husband" and he calls
her his "chere maitea" for he too has taken it
into his wise head to write French to me - I would
give you an extract from his letter describing
his love and contentment, but I have Priss one
a few days ago, and if you and she should meet,
and compare notes my character would be at
your mercy, which I must endeavor to present

Monday.
Is it not strange that I should have begun this letter
to you last night, and this morning before I had a chance
of finishing it, yours of the 24th of Nov. arrived, I
begin to think I really am a prophetess - I sympathize
with you very miserely, my dear Jim, in sorrow for
the loss of your friend Mrs. Thompson, but I cannot sane-
tion your idle of marrying three of the family,
neither will Servant to [] Myers, for she's a
Jewess and it would not do - Laura Townes is -
poor sickly thing and Harwitt R[] will not do at
all [...] take great interest in you and 
your arm. I wish you could take a trip to see them.
Eliza Louis says she has taken it into her wise
head that you will be in Montgomery, and she keeps
her father on a constant lookout for you - they live near
Mount Mugs, about 18 miles from Montgomery Alabama.
On looking at the map, I find it is nearly as far from
you as Columbia is. What a wild region you
must be in, we have not been able to find a [map]
with even the county mentioned in it, chatting
[] "Cherokees", and some mention of a wonderful
cave called "Chickayack" have you surveyed that?
There is very little Philadelphia news a going just
now. Ellen Mc[] is not married yet but Julia's
[] says, looks prettier than ever. Mary An-
drews is still in love with Tom Rockville - That
handsome young Aspenwall was married last week
to Anne Coleman, and had a [House] ready fur-
nished where she is already established - Sabl-
gren has gone to France - on to there to purchase
instruments of some sort. Old Mr. Bunker has
been sick, paralyzes of half the head, and he
had half of his hair shaved off. [Pam] has gone
into partnership with him & Mary S. Johnson
has suffered in the same way as Mrs. Henry
and is coming to Philadelphia to spend the

rest of the winter. The Riekes are in []. Ju-
liana talks of going to New York in a few days on
a visit to the Fargroon Livingston's the James
[] have all gone to Savannah to spend the
winter, in consequence of the bad health of Julia
and a [] - they are staying with Dr. Minus.
Your jokes are all duly appreciated relative to the
[] Dr. "Sparks" as you call him. I will [no]
[] you the surest mode of remembering the
name: just think our own first joke on
the occasion (which I received [] Priscilla)
about "Hark naked, and naked Hark" and
you will not be mistaken again - As of
course you must be very auspicious to know of
its welfare, I will inform you that it
did arrive there safely. I sent it by Mrs. Reed.
I don't understand what you mean by
Henry's sending the pay accounts to Bristol.
I thought Bartons was the name. The letter
came from you from New Orleans, which I
forwarded on the night of Lee: To Athens I am
almost here - but it might have been
[Cafoville]. As it was not folded in the
manner you mentioned, I did not break
the seal. We are looking into the vista
of futurity for the letter, of the arrival of
which I will inform you whenever I have
the opportunity. I am surprised to hear that
your weather has been so cold, when Priss has
done nothing but complain of the heat. []
[] has been unusually late, but is now beginn-
ing. The steamboats have stopped two or three
days but as the ice is all broken up had
[] [] I think they will not yet [cease]

for the seasons - therefore our tickets will still
hold good for a few more visits to [...].
Poor Prince is dead. He was taken crazy as he
always is every winter (but people said it was
only to get taken care of in the hospital) but 
he must have been really saving this time for
it was found necessary to chain him to the floor,
in which state he died.