1857 June 17, New York, to Anne

              New York 6 mo 17th 1857 —

My dear Anne,

Laura
just brought me up thy letter to read I had been lying down
since dinner and after our journey down to meeting felt like
resting –  I felt almost afraid to go down in the
neighbourhood of the City Hall where we went to Stewart’s to
get some tarleton muslin to see if we could not fold it so
as to cover the cracks of William’s big looking glass – it
will look better and I expect Laura will have it hung in the
spare room, where thee can look at thyself from head to foot
when thee comes on –  felt glad that Rebecca happened to be
out ready to take thy place in waiting on thy mother –
forgot to say why I was afraid to go in the neighbourhood of
the City Hall suppose the papers have informed you of the
riot between the police appointed by the Mayor and those
under the Govenor there was a great time yesterday but I
believe