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dence is a bustling, busy town ; for twenty miles 

 around every stream is occupied by cotton factories. 

 Immense fortunes have been made by the Quakers ; 

 and several flourishing villages, such as Pawtucket, 

 have sprung up within a few years. 



I came home, read a little, and lounged about a 

 little. In the afternoon, the fever came on two 

 hours earlier, and I was more or less delirious all 

 night. Poor M. was with me, greatly distressed. 

 The}^ prepared to take me again to New York for 

 medical advice. On our way to Washington, I took 

 tonics, and when we arrived in Boston, at 3. P. M., 

 I felt really strong, and this morning, I am almost 

 as well as I ever was in my life. These fevers re- 

 turn so often, that a man must be continually 

 watching the enemy. Do not give yourself the 

 least uneasiness about me. Soon all will be well — 

 though I may return to you as yellow as a pump- 

 kin — but, without the ague, I hope. I wish that 

 I could give you a good account of my eyes. The 

 optic nerve was affected by high fevers, it seemed to 

 happen in a moment, at two different times. From 

 this affliction, also, I am slowly recovering. At 

 first I had to be led about like a poor, blind man, 

 now, I walk the streets by myself, and can read all 

 the names on the signs. 



To-da3^ I took a walk with Bishop Bowen. When 

 he heard of my illness, he came from Connecticut to 

 New York to comfort me ; but I had left on my 

 eastern tour when he arrived. His family are with 

 him, and have been very attentive to me. The 

 Bishop had left his spectacles ; he is feeble and I 

 could outwalk him, and out-see him. 



New York, October 1st. 



*' My good sister, Eva, is with me again ; she was 

 miserable about me. It was reported that I was 



