1835 June 8, Haverford, to Uncle

              Haverford 6th month 8th 1835



Dear Uncle,



As I suppose that thee has by this time returned from Sykens' Valley, I will endeavour this morning, to fulfil my promise.  I wish that I could find something to say that would interest thee but I am afraid that in a place like this a person is much better able to hear than to relate news.  Had thee a pleasant time at Sykens' Valley?  It is now rather later in the season than it was when we visited it several years ago.  I recollect that the country was very pleasant then, and I suppose that it is still more so now unless the lateness of the season has retarded the growth of the plants in such a degree as that they should not be any more in bloom than they were then.  I expect that in thy promised letter thee will give a very interesting account of the journey.  I must not forget to mention that we expect to have a French teacher here next week.  He is a Frenchman and has lately come from Ireland where he had been living since his banishment and where his wife now is.  He was a captain under Buonaparte and showed us a number of wounds which he received in the battle of