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Weather fine, country ditto—these noble waters, the lake, & the St Clair river, dotted with steamers

window I have so often mentioned, & have the cool breeze blow on you, as it is now, & the trees & river

Well, mother, I must close—it is now a little after 10—there is a pleasant breeze blowing in from the river

my desk—the air is very clear, & I can see a great distance over the Potomac off into Virginia—the river

Phila: to Gutekunsts' to sit for big picture (at vehement request)—went in large easy cab—every thing river

From my large open window I have an extensive view of sky, Potomac river, hills & fields of Virginia,

On my way back, I went up in the pilot house & sailed across the river three times—a fine breeze blowing

a great deal of the time— Tuesday afternoon 9th I was out yesterday a great part of the day on the river

The evenings here are delightful and I am always out in them, sometimes on the river, sometimes in New

I have been over to New York to-day on business—it is a pleasure even to cross the ferry—the river is

o'clock—had some business in New York, which I attended, then came back & spent an hour & a half on the river

Well, boy, I shall now take a bath, dress myself & go out, cross the river, put this letter in the p.

Last night I was out late—the scene on the river was heavenly—the sky clear, & the moon shining her brightest—I

The river & bay get more & more beautiful, under these splendid September skies, the green waves & white

doing nothing, spending a great deal of time with my mother, & going out a few hours every day on the river

I shall spend an hour or two on the river to-day. Your letter of 27th, Sunday, came this morning.

I was out early taking a short walk by the river—only two squares from where I live.

This great city, with all its crowds, & splendor, & Broadway fashion, & women, & amusements, & the river

He has been up the Hudson river this summer driving hotel coach. He is the same old Duffy.

Among other things I spend a portion of the day, with the pilots of the ferry boats, sailing on the river

The river & bay of New York & Brooklyn are always a great attraction to me. It is a lively scene.

At either tide, flood or ebb, the water is always rushing along as if in haste, & the river is often

From the window of my room, I can look down across the city, the river, and off miles upon miles in the

This forenoon I have been out away down along the banks of the river & cove, & making explorations generally

— I have been out most every day the past week, & been across the river to Philadelphia—it has been a

all winter— The picture at the beginning of this letter is the St Louis bridge over the Mississippi river

—I often go down to the river, or across this bridge—it is one of my favorite sights—but the air of

Philadelphia —I have felt better since 4 o'clock & have come out & crossed the river, & taken quite a

half mile or so to the ferry—the Delaware here is full three quarters of a mile wide—it is a noble river

can be—the ground is white with snow in all directions, it is not melting anywhere—as I crossed the river

[—]very acceptable[—]from John Burroughs last Saturday & Sunday—he has built a house on the Hudson river

that will probably be the finish— I get out almost daily in wheel chair —was out yesterday down to river

Drove down yesterday four miles to "Billy Thompson's," on the Delaware river edge, to a nice dinner,

Who knows but that element, like the course of some subterranean river, dipping invisibly for a hundred

crippled, left leg, quite badly) but eke out a jaunt with the horse cars, & the ferry boats on the noble river

for me—To day is very clear, but cold & windy—I have been out some two hours enjoying it—cross'd the river—The

at Round Hill—As I close we have the prospect of a fine evening—A cannon has just boomed out on the river

high house, corner of 15th and F. street—there is a splendid view, away down south, of the Potomac river

George—when he heard he was wounded, on the day of the battle, he left every thing, got across the river

corps had returned to Vicksburgh, & some acc'ts say that part of the corps had started to come up the river

go up to Georgetown, about two & a half miles up the Potomac, an old town—just opposite it in the river

warm, but has not cleared off yet—the trees look so well from where I am, & the Potomac—it is a noble river—I

must be now back again in Kentucky, or that way, as I see a letter from Cairo, (up the Mississippi river

clutched him by the arm, & poured out the greatest singing you ever heard—it poured like a raging river

population is 1,500,000), almost every body well-drest, & appearing to have enough—then the splendid river

must have it in this morning that the Army of the Potomac has made a move, & has crossed the Rapidan river

that lies in the rear of the Army of the Potomac, (from Warrenton, Virginia, & so to Rappahannock river

Corps—Another rumor, more likely, is that our base of the army is to be changed to Harrison's Landing on James river

home for a week or fortnight for a change—the rumor is very strong here that Grant is over the James river

: September 28 — I have been spendin the whole summer in Canada, mostly on the Lakes & St Lawrence river—have

Carpenter's address is 45 Brunswick Square, Brighton England—The waters here Lake Huron & St Clair river

this time but I will be down soon & tell you all the news —After I write this I am going out on the river

& then go out & over the ferry to Philadelphia—I don't know what I should do without the ferry, & river

, & crossing, day & night—I believe my best times are nights—sometimes appear to have the river & boat

several days in "the Lakes of the Thousand Islands"—that is what they call a part of the St Lawrence river

Island or Old Jersey—but it is all fresh here)— —I am going on some 400 miles further—north east to the river

usual—nothing new—have been down in the country the last week—It is now noon & I am just going out & over the river

London Ontario Canada July 24 pm Dear Sister, I am much better—& expect to start on a long St Lawrence river

as far ahead of "the fat gentleman in striped trousers," as a Baltimore clipper does beyond a North River