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I will add that ^there^ is now some prospect that my children may attend
one day of the meetg and if thee gets this in time thee may
please put Five dollars in they pocket and send it to me by
some of them [en?] out of the safety I dont feel very much [afraid?]
to trust it by Mail _ I want to take The Herald and I also think
I will have my Photograph so as to leave an impression Now will
my kind Friend furnish me some of theirs I will take up with
old pictures in frames if they can be best shar’d tho’ my children
I suppose would prefer new ones I have always wanted to have yours
including Mary Sarah [illegible] but hithertoo the expense has deterd me but
since thee sent me that lovely old face [G.Cooper?] I have desired [theirs?] [Isaacs?]
and thine in particular _ Abbie has a strong wish to visit Rochester but pride
will partly keep her away till she can appear to suit her _ I know that
the poor are more careful than the rich generally but it seems as if my
girls have more than their share of fears and they are not yet in circum
stances to warrant them in even a common fashionable appearance Isaac [Chase?]
is now doing pretty well but Abbie wants to go ahead fast I am glad the
american women are waking up I must stop send the money by Mail
if thee dont get a [illegible] chance