
          I think often of you all & wish you well
 through the resettlement of your Lares &
 Penates, a comfortless task. We are all well
 here, but half blown away with storms of
 wind. I say nothing about a visit from you
 till the blossoms are about us, when I shall
 hope for a visit from you & the dear Mama,
 to whom present my kind regards.

 I am truly & affec't [affectionately] 
 Yr [Your] friend
 S. T. [Samuel Thomas] Carey
        