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his garment, yet we shall be notified of his success in his “line.” I hope you will have him in Rochester. I so wrote to W[C?] Nell the first time I ever addressed him by letter and am afraid I should have added to the [superscription?]

the no. of the AS Office but as he was in the [P.Office?]
I did not think it necessary if thee should write to him please 

say to him he has been truly kind in the Lib. to my address once I wrote to thank him. We have been engaged in collecting old clothes for the Freedmen or rather for the women and children. The North[ville?] minister &

others were stirred by a messenger from Gen Grant so they 

appointed a committee and J. Jacob being thus authoris’d, overcame his constitutional diffidence and took his wife around to beg for him. She could tell the housekeeper what the poor thing needed and they two collected a cart load while the rest of the committee at [Nville?] packed 2 large Boxes and 6 barrels and sent them off-I see there is a move among the Orthodox [Fed.?] – to furnish new goods made up. I hear that Emily Howland carried 6 Boxes with her to Washington. She is engaged in a school there but until it is good roads and pleasant weather I shall not go to see her Mother and read Emily’s letters. I have not been able to hear from Miller farm this way because my brother W[?] neither visits me nor writes me a word [illegible] thy and of him was very pleasant to my feelings. I suppose you sometimes enjoy the company of thou husband’s friend. I mean such as one can enjoy the convergent liberty for those who all only willing to converse on the topics of reform in any shape. I only occasionally meet - and only 1 solitary family besides the Jacobs who are not dispos’d to converse much so that I go to see that one person about a mile off and she lent me D.D. Home’s[?] Book which I enjoy indeed.

Sarah E. Thayer

Transcribed by Rachel Wadsworth