Letter from Mrs. E. R. Scovill, June 22, 1835, to her brother, Charles Davies, as he is preparing to go to Boston for a wedding and desire of his parents to see him.

Black Lake, June 22, 1835

My Dear Brother

I can not begin my letter by an appology(sic) for not answering your last kind favour as it has not been received but I hope you will not consider this an intouder(?) altho(sic) our corrispondence(sic) has been so long laid aside I suppose this will find you busy in preparing for Boston I hope you may have a pleasant wedding and return home in health and safety you will see by the date of this that I am at the old family mansion the weather is cold and stormy and every thing looks dreary at present  Father has been repairing and painting and the old house is quite improved  Father and Mother are very anxious that you should come home this summer  they wish very much to see your wife and children as well as yourself  Father thinks this will be the last time we can all be hear(sic) together and he feels very anxious that you should come he says that if you wife can not come you must not fail of coming but it would afford them much pleasure to have you all come  Mother has grown old very fast since last summer her health is not as good as it has been  I think she has too much care and works to[o] hard  Father seem to be about as usual there is nothing new

my best love to Mary Ann kisses and love for the children I remain your affectionate sister E R Scovill 

Envelope Addressed to Professor Charles Davies, West Point, N.Y.

Transcription from George Rosenstein.
Web page prepared December 17, 2000.