I have seated myself in the drawing room to write to you my dearest sister, in the hope that a rainy day will prevent my being driven hence before I have half finished my letter, though in good truth there is so little rain falling that I should not be very much surprised if the Marquis himself ...

Mother received yours of the 11 of last month, and is prevented from answering it, by the same complaint, that she had in her head before the Birth of Browse, You will perhaps be astonished to see this letter dated from Baton rouge, but as thes vacation commenced at the beginning of this month,...