
          clear, & splendid; the day
fine to commemorate Independence.

Wishing you all peace
& prosperity, I am most
cordially

C. Dewey

J. Torrey LL.D.

The death of Mr. Perkins
was a terrible shock upon
me & all my family. But a
great many soon followed in
the return of my daughter from
the asylum at Utica, where
she had been 2 1/2 years [from?] religious
depression on [?]
[from?] a low fever. She seems to
be herself again, & gladdens
us greatly; tho' her christian
hope is not yet as it was,
I think; but we speak not of it
as the deep depression is gone,
& she is in her right mind. [Surely?]
we ought to provide the [?] in
sorrow & in joy.

C. D.

        