Permit me although a stranger to address you. I have corresponded with your neighbor Esqr. Sumner with regard to boarding with you. His last letterEditorial Note: This letter is not extant. informs us you thought of being absent some this winter hence it would not be convenient to receive me.
Allow me to enquire If I should go intoAs Written:in to Dr. Vail's establishmentEditorial Note: Vail’s Hydropathic Institute during the time you wish to be gone, could you take me? And if so, will you please inform me about how long you would be absent? I am rather better than when I applied to you for board last Autumn. I have no doubt but I should find the best of a home in your family.– I want to board near a [?] Unclear or illegible Water Cure, so if necessary I could call for aid. My husband I believe As Written: belive knows Mr. Taylor and thinks your quiet family just the thing for me.
Will you please answer this at once, and if you can ,take me state your price? I should like to ride out when tis pleasant a short distance and should need some assistance in bathing also my room work done. My food is of the simplest sort. I take nothing for breakfast but Graham bread — (Wheat meal bread) and a little thickened As Written: thickend milk cold, in the shape of toast gravy. Eat but two meals a day no meat or butter I do want to come and board with you very much and let dear husband attend to his professionEditorial Note: dentistry which calls him away. You can be paid weekly or monthly as you like. With much