2 a good many of our friends have enjoyed them Carrie with her husband and son arrived a few days ago this is her first
visit home since her wedding It does seem very strange to call David grandpa I had a letter from John written on New Years
Day his wife and children have all been very sick with Influenza 3 but are now getting better this winter the children
have a governess as they are two miles from a school John has sent me deleted: a copies of his great work on Picturesque California
the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Slope there are ten Divisions or Volumes each one so large that I can hardly hold one
up to read The work is valued at 50 Dollars while others