I believe that I shall not leave the city until Wednesday. I wish to rest to-morrow and to shop a little. I suppose it will take me at least three days to get from this to Bridport, Vermont.  I write you from this place, because I feared you might feel anxious about us, if I omitted it until after my arrival in Vermont. I shall write you from Bridport, but if I do not find a letter from you on my arrival, I shall wait for it a few days.
Mrs. Saunders informs me that Miss _____ is rather negligent about paying her debts-Sends all the money she can get this way-bought on some for her himself ___ ____say nothing of this however, but get your pay as soon as you can.
Mrs. S was very sick all the way. The Capt. And Mate were very kind to us.

Do, my dear, write to us often. I cannot enjoy any tolerable degree of ease in regard to you unless you do. I shall soon be in the bosom of my friends, so that I hope you will feel easy with regard to the comfort of myself and the children. But I feel empty and desolate in returning to them without you, notwithstanding our children are with me; and the zest of my visit will be much diminished from that circumstance. But wherever we may be, I pray God to keep us in His holy fear, and to devote our hearts entirely to His service.

	Farewell, my dearest, the Lord, our Heavenly Father, bless you with His protection and smiles.

		Your affectionate
		     S.M. Wait