Amherst  Feb 11  1856

My dear cousin Eunice

                              You see by my date that I am home again. I expected when I left you that I should see you again on my return & I left Cincinnati with that expectation.  We left in the morning of Jan. 27 (Monday)  Your uncle had engaged to stop at  Columbus to give a lecture on that evening, which he did & then there was another association of the Christian Association in which he feels a particular interest, who were very urgent to hear him the next evening & he consented to remain-We then started on Wed. morning & I had no other thought but to stop and spend the night with you but-hearing so much about new drifts at

[I should love exceedingly to hear from you by letter if you would take the trouble when you feel in a mood for it.]