1839 January 10, West Haverford, to Anna S. Brown, Philadelphia

              1 moth 10. 5 day 1839
Dear sister

I hope you are

all well, My cold is quite well.  Freind Mary Davis sends

her love to Mother.  I am glad to hear that Aunt Ann is so

much better and, I hope that she will continue so, and I am

glad also that thee is getting well enough to walk out  How

is Aunt Hannah and uncle Thos, and Harry  Where is Williams

slipers  I think ought to be done.  It snowed last night

there a little.  The green house is nearly finished but the

plants are not yet aranged. we have had some pretty good

sleding.  It is tirsome work to write a letter, Dan B Smith

give our class a lecture evry 5th day on chemestry and they

are [very] interesting and quite as much so I expect as

thoes that thee expects to attend  he showes us so many

pretty experements with all sorts of gases I would like to

have a kiss from Fanny  I will send her one down below  I

expect she had a lot of presents and pretty ones to  I

[like] Rollo very well and I have read it all through and

part of it to E Davis I send My love to all of