‘Tho’ I think of you constantly, yet it is not always in my power to tell you that I do so, nor is it ever possible for me to express the Love Reverence & Admiration which always accompanies my recollection of the best of Parents— as such you will rejoice in the preservation of your Children & unite your thanks with theirs for those blessings they probably owe to your prayers— There are fewer cases of fever & those that have lately occurred are said to be of a milder Nature than in the beginning of the Season, one of the Senators from Rensselaer however it is said will not recover— What Low’s treatment is exactly I cannot say. They ^the doctors^ all agree in endeavouring to excite perspiration as soon as possible & the warm bath has been found very useful in some cases,— our Physicians likewise give a good deal of Mercury which I fear will kill as many as the fever which has proved fatal to a great many votaries of Bacchus—

Poor Youngs has just been here & is very impatient to get home— the Council have been in a sad state since the reappointment of Mr. Clinton. Mr. Radcliff (who had determined his Brother should be Mayor,) has refused to act, & on the Councils meeting without him, Mr. Wilkins the Democratic Minister walked out & they of course obliged to adjourn. Mr. Radcliff left town to-day for a week & requested that no appointments might be made in the Southern district before his return— Youngs says they are in great trouble & he does not appear very comfortable himself— how much reason have we to be thankful that none of the family stand in need of Offices!—1

Aunt Livingston is with Susan & complains much more than her daughter who is still very sick but a perfect pattern of the patience & resignation with which a Christian should submit to the decrees of the Most High her mind has been quite tranquil during the whole of her painful illness— she has gained a little strength & the violence of the spasms abate; they still continue however & are only relieved by Laudanum— Aunt Symmes has passed a very different Winter from the last & I think Providence alone could have enabled her to have sustained the fatigue she has undergone & that with astonishing patience & cheerfulness. I cannot say the same of Aunt L: accustomed to every comfort that warm rooms & a good table afford, she does not conceal her disgust at the difference in her present situation. Mrs. Pomeroy & her Son are at Sedgwicks & of course they are crowded, but all unite in trying to make Aunt as comfortable as they can— I heard a circumstance the other day very honorable to Theodore & his two eldest Brothers— being in business they with Mrs. Pomeroy intreated their Father to make a larger provision for Mrs. Watson who has a large family, the youngest & Son & Catharine who being unmarried they wished they wishet to be perfectly independant. The Judge acceeded to their request & they now seem to think only of comforting each other for the dreadful loss they have all sustained— I do not know a family who possess more liberality of sentiment or more honorable principles than they do—

Sally’s old Beau Mr. Kean is to be married next week to Miss Sally Morris, daughter of Jacob Morris—2

I am happy to hear you have the pleasure of seeing so many of your friends this Winter, & hope William & Augusta will soon return to increase the charms of your fire-side which I often wish to share—

Your friend Mr. Van Schaak bears the loss of his wife much better than his friends expected—3

Sally & myself are as well as usual & uni[te in our/torn] best love to you, Sister, Will & his wife if with you— assure Kitty of our remembrance & believe me to be your dutiful & very affectionate daughter