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Uncle Dommen? Safford, father's youngest brother says I shall be welcome to go & stay with him as long as I like if it will be any better there than here. he has only two children & one of the best of wives, but "theres no place like home" to me. I think I shall be well enough to stay & enjoy it too.

  Last monday was a sick day I suffered by all odds the most I have any time since I came home. My bowels commenced swelling some ten day since & have been very painful by spels since monday - what the cause I know not I have written to the Dr. hoping to gain some information from him. I have felt poorly in consequence of this trouble this week but hope I am now gaining some I think it has had some effect upon my "lady difficulties" as Sarah called one trouble we are not strangers to. I hope it is not serious.
  My stomach feels real well most of the time - my head is a great deal better than it used to be, & I am not troubled with painful menstruations now at least I was not the last time did not have ten minutes hard pain Have I not cause

in margins: I have not heard from Emilie since I came home. I intend to write her soon. The blues have worn of considerably since I commenced writing - think I shall write again Mary ls your head as well as when you wrote me. I so believe if I can get rid of other troubles my head will yet be well. Come and see me do all of you I wish you were as near as cousins to me then I should expect to see you some time.

   Sarah did you write the letter that is put with the Circular in your name or was it written by your consent Considerable blame was thrown upon the Dr. for your letter & others & I have thought I should like to know who was to blame, if there was a fault, - about yours [Ian?] know's - even said the letters were untrue by [face?] of the Institution &c