
          & children. I should
have written to your daughter
some time since in answer
to her kind message but
for some months I have been
unwell & since the last
of April I have not left
my room, but have had a 
battle with a violent
bilious fever, which like
Bunyan's fight with Apollyon
was the dreadfullest fight
I ever had. Like him, [homener?]
I have gained the
victory & I am more than
willing not even to remember
it.

Very Truly yours
Jessie Benton Frémont
        