
          have acquired. The whole may 
seem short, but the details 
make it long. The rapidity 
of [?] of new things 
gives the length, & the [?] 
relations of them, the breadth.

In some great sorrows 
you have been smitten. 
But the promise of God is rich 
to all that trust him in their 
sorrows. Blessed be God, that 
we may know it, & only on it, 
& be supported by it. What a mercy 
& a glory that our God [his?] 
designs & orders all for us.

Thanks to the God of [grow?] 
for the wonders of his many & 
love to your city & to the land. 
We praise him for it, that 
we may find the blessing also.

My daughter, Mrs. Perkins, has 
just returned from Utica, & I have this 
moment heard from my afflicted daughter 
there. She seems to be improving 
slowly but is not well enough
        