| Description | Pleased to receive pleasant news about them all this morning, Philip pleased and thanks Eleanor [child] for her letter, thanks to Franklin for his letter to Mary; Mary is ill and cannot write back; Mary and Baby suffering from diarrhoea, Baby is getting better but Dr Williams has treated Mary, thinks it is worms and has given Mary worm powder, then castor oil 2 hours later, thinks she will recover soon; doctor prescribed a poultice for the angry “place” on Baby’s cheek, can only do this when Baby is asleep, also gave him a dose of “grey powder”for diarrhoea; will let her know about Mary when she has Eleanor’s address; Philip is well, cannot tell that he has a cold; John wants to know about Frederick and Harriet, have not heard from them since they sailed to Ostend; thinks letter have been lost, Frederick planning to ask for letters at the Poste Restante in Bonn, so they had sent one there; waiting anxiously every day for news; asking God to keep them safe; love to “all your circle”, hoping they are enjoying the “land of Lakes and Mountains”. |