
Your letter of 6th came duly,—with the plans &
photo., which I return herewith—John the questions you ask cannot judiciously
be answered, except as they involve the whole house,
ground, purposes, materials, &c. &c. And in reference to & connection
with, twenty different matters besides themselves. My
brother & I are pleased with your plan, in
general—my brother favors the ground story of stone,—but the 1½ superstructure of wood,
(says it is healthier & drier)—But I have no doubt at all that you will cipher out the sum yourself, & the result
will be something cosy & natural.—I am not very well to-day—but am up & have been out—am generally
about the same as noted in my last.