
          had a single unfavourable symptom
 since her confinement. When this
 took place I was at Staten Island,
 little expecting what was to befal [sic], &
 before I got home, the poor little
 infants were laid in their grave, so
 that my account of them is only derived
 from the family. I had made arrangements
 for quitting N.Y. on the 3d Inst. [Instant]
 but this sudden disappointment
 threw such a gloom over us all,
 that I could not resist the entreaties
 of my dear John to come to his house,
 which I did, on the above day, & am
 with him, for the present, at any rate.
 He is very kindly fitting up a room
 for me, with cabinets for my plants,
 & it is my hope that you and I, my
 dear friend, may occasionally work
 there a little, together-- as of old.
        