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Hartwick, July 10, 1806

Dear Sister I receivd your letter the 4 July I suppose it lay in the post ofice four days. I was verry glad to hear from you I began to think you had for got us we are all well and quite contented but I cand help thinking about you I wish you would some of you come up here this fall any of you would be made verry welcom Mother used to think it was such a journey she should never come to see us more than once but I hope she will a great many times I should be verry glad to see Father and Mother up here this fall I shall be bout as much disapoited if they do come as if they dont but I hope some of you will come I have made 15 yards of cloath yard wide last week i made between too & three barrels of soap as good as ever you see tell Eleck I want to see him but I would not thank him to come and wet my ashes for me we have our ashes put up clost by the side of the die cittle and our water runs right into the citle Henry is a verry good boy he can creap & go by the side of chairs & has done so this three weeks he has got two teeth Fanny helps me take care of him tell Mrs Lomis Louisa gets along verry well indeed and her babe too Hezek sends his love to you all & we all sends our respects to father Hayden family the Letter I sent to Polly is got back again it never went out of town