1840, March 14, Paris, to Rachel R. Cope, Philadelphia

              Paris 3rd Month 14th 1840
My Dear Cousin
I suppose you
have through the medium of letters to some of our family
heard of us and our safe arrival in Europe, but in
compliance with thy request and my promise which has not
been forgotten, I thought (altho at a late period) a breif
sketch of our [pastimes] in our new location would be
acceptable hoping that you retain a feeling of interest in
our welfare.  We arrived in London after a short and
altogather pleasant voyage passed ten day’s there was
buisily engaged in visiting the many objects very
interesting to strangers, the Tower, Westminster Abbey, St
Paul’s, House of Lords, and various other places, We then
left; after a travel of four days thro an interesting
country we arrived at Paris, during which time we were all
favoured with health, and our children were very good
scarcely uttering a word of complaint of fatigue or any
thing else, this thee may well suppose enhanced our
pleasure, or at least diminished our difficulties, When we
arrived in Paris, we took posession of apartments engaged
for our reception in a French family who speak English,  the
family consists of this and five American families, who form
a pleasant domestic circle, they are all plainly disposed
people, some very interesting a Doctor Lowell with his wife
and daughter who have visited most of the countries of
Europe, Egypt, Palestine, are with us, English is spoken at
our table, this altho very pleasant retards our progress in
the acquisition of the french language,
We are situated
in Rue de Rivoli opposite the