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— I have been out most every day the past week, & been across the river to Philadelphia—it has been a
It makes a pleasant little trip as the river here is most as wide as the Potomac from 7 th st. wharf—has
—I hear quite often from John Burroughs—he has bought a spot of land, right on the Hudson river, about
N.Y. & is building himself a house there, right on a steep bank, with the road on one side, & the river
I am at present temporarily here at Camden, on the Delaware river, immediately opposite Philadelphia,
Even the sluggish little river Colne one cannot find fault with, it nourishes such a luxuriant border
I. to look at a place for sale, Yaphank on Carmans River. Do you know the country out there?
, I wish you could take a look at the prospect, it is so fine, the trees & grass so green, and the river
I have been up by the window looking out on the river & scenery—it is beautiful weather now—they have