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Ms. Gibson
Troy July 18th, 1837

Dear Mother

I should have written before but was so battered with our passage that I did not feel like it at all. We arived here safe but had a dreadfull road up as far as Hamilton. Longworth thought the old scratch or something else had got into me for knocking him about so. He thumped me every minute and I could do nothing with him. We had very pleasant passengers the whole way. I had no trouble with Jim at all - the gentleman was so kind as to nurse him all the time. There was a Mrs. Young along a young man an acquaintance of Hannah Tucker's. He was very kind indeed - he got us lemonade and cherrys and every thing he thought the children and me would like. I met with what I expected a hearty welcome. They seemed very glad to see me, the baby is a sweet creature as ever you saw, though not so handsome as I expected from what I heard. Joseph Bosson has so far recovered as to be able to walk up from the mill here. I have not been down there yet but am to go tomorrow. We got here on Sunday afternoon. We did not leave C until 4 o'clock and then got to Dayton on the evening of the same day. We went to George W. Smith's and were treated very kindly indeed although Mrs. S. is not quite sane yet but enough so to know what she is about. We left there about nine o'clock next morning and got here at half past two. You never saw such a running and fuss in all your life as there was when we first came. Benjamin did not get here until yesterday morning. You must not expect a very long letter from me now for I am so plaguy lazy I can scarcely write. Your boys are both well and eat until I am ashamed of them. I feel somewhat better but not much. Longworth has asked for his "Gommo" two or three times. We went cherrying yesterday and got a basket of excellent cherries and the way Jim and Nick eat was a sin. Tell Abby to mind about all I told her before I left. Tell Jim to bring the little carriage out of the stable and put it in my room. I am afraid of its getting spoiled down there. Benjamin, Catherine and all the rest