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New York. July 9 . 1846
My dear Jane.
I am really ashamed of myself / when I think of how many days have passed / and I not yet written to any of you in Boston. / I have been more negligent than I otherwise would / have been, from the fact that you would hear / of our safe arrival through (that) Mr [Ackerman?], who / left here for Boston on Friday last. For my own / part I have truly been so much occupied with / office business since my return that I could not / write whilst there, and as to writing or reading / at home, that is totally out of the question.
I hope to write to you or some one of the family / often, yet you must not be greatly disappointed / should some weeks elapse at times between / my letters, for I feel that this spirit of pro = / crastination grows apace with me.
We had a much more comfortable journey / on [her] than I had anticipated, and with / the exception of some little anxiety on my / part through fear of a collision with some /
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Other vessel on the sound in consequence / of the think fog, made a very fair journey of / it. We did not reach NY ‘till about 11. / o’clock Thursday morning. Little Kate stood / it better than any of us. She has been quite / well since her return, __ does not walk yet, / but will wake out of her sleep regularly at / midnight, when Father must walk her to / sleep again. Her mother has not enough patience / for it, as for myself the quality is altogether acquired / on my part. I never Knew before what it was / to exercise patience, and I am [??[ fully surprised / to see how well I make out.
Have you seen any thing of the Sun / down in Boston. I fear some of / our neighbors have got of a monopoly / of him, for of late he scarcely sheds a ray / upon us. The 4th was as gloomy a day / as any hypochondriac could wish – / no procession, – no fireworks – no nothing / but rain, + mud.
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We have nothing new with us here. The warm / weather of the past day or two, begins to show its effects / upon Broadway, and it is beginning to be decidedly / unfashionable to be seen promenading there.
Sarah talks of writing, but I fear it will / all end in talk. Give my love to all not / forgetting sister [Sizie] + Mary Cook of Temple / St __ I think I heard you say that / my hand writing was easily decyphered. I / shall [page torn] you this time.
In much haste.
Yours affectionately
William Irving
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[ADDRESS]
Mrs George Wales
No 19. [McLean] St
Boston
[POSTAGE STAMP - red ink, circle]
NEW YORK
9
JUL
[??]Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
