
          [in pencil at upper right: (c. 1850)]


 Dear Doctor


 I found a few
 minutes now on my hands with
 out any special employment.
 I find an old envelope laying with
 Mrs Ts name on it which
 I have never sent. I find
 I have about matter enough
 to fill out this little sheet
 to you Though I cannot think
 of any thing to write Mrs. T.
 All things considered I will
 send this in Hastings next
 so that it will cost you just


 [crosswise in  the left margin:
 I regret to say I can find nothing of those
 plants we brought to the city together.]
        