I am very ill again. When I start all right, some slight circumstance such as Miss. Jarvis' getting frightened with my cough — and hanging her weight and my own in the wrong scale pulls me down again. So I have resolved to go to PortlandEditorial Note: Portland, Maine this week.
Will friend George tell Mrs. Wilson I want the room I occupied before leaving for my husband will be with me as soon as he returns to LynnEditorial Note: Lynn, Massachusetts if I am not able to go to him
Enclosed please find a "penny for your thoughts" and come to my relief in these respects restless nights and spinal pain and heat
Mary M. Patterson
Warren May 22 1864As Written:'64