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Thanks for your letter this morn'g—the "Sands"
It was with much regret that we felt compelled to leave you in your sickness last
week. We hold you in affectionate remembrance as we pass over the waters to England
where once we hoped to have had your company. We beg that you will send us from
Our passage across the whole way has been nearly as smooth as a duck pond, and my health has been very much benefitted by it.
I bear your messages of love and remembrance to your many friends in