Yours of yesterday rec'd —Also the previous ones—I keep well—no attack of the neuralgia-rheumatism so far this spring—So I fancy it has skipp'd skipped me—havn't haven't been down to Kirkwood since early in Dec: last—the Staffords have no doubt moved—Harry comes up about once a month to see me—I expect to come on to N Y to lecture (Death of Abraham Lincoln) the middle of April—Do you know of my friend Mr Johnston, jeweler, 150 Bowery? he is sort of engineering it—in conjunction [with] John Burroughs, (now in Washington)—
My brother & sister well—her sister & two children staying with us this spring—the charmingest, fattest, lovingest, cunningest little five year old girl, with the sweet name of Amy—
I dont don't know where I shall go this summer, but must strike off somewhere—Well pleased with the prospect of seeing you & all, in Phila:—Love to Herb and to Giddy—I shall now go over the ferry, & post this in the Phil: Office—return leisurely to C[amden] before dark—
So long, dear friend— W W