Last thursday evening Govr. Langdon waited upon me to give me tidings of you— he told me that himself & Lady had but just arrived & were to leave N. York on saturday— as I thought his early attention ^to me^ proceeded from his regard for you, I was solicitous to shew them civility in return; & therefore waited upon Mrs. L[angdon] in the morning, & requested them to take tea & pass that evening with me; as they accepted the invitation, I invited Mr. Dalton & family, & Mr. and Mrs. King to sup with them at our house— Just before supper Mrs. Langdon complained of being too much indisposed to stay (she had a bad cold) & they therefore left me for which I was sorry for several reasons— the supper that evening would have given you pleasure— it was extremely well dress’d & handsomely serv’d— I could ^not^ but regret on the score of vanity as well as solid satisfaction that we were deprived of the pleasure of your Company— Susan said that both in the drawing & dining room every thing was conducted in as elegant an manner as she had seen— While I am paying attention to your friends, the idea of pleasing you superceeds the more serious consideration of the distance that seperates us, at least for a short time then again the tedious time that still remains for you to be absent returns to my recollection & casts a shade over all I do or think— I thank you for yr. kind letter by Captn. Sarley— Be assured that the Children & myself are really well— Yr. brother F[rederick]. paid a visit to our friends at Rye a few days ago, & left them as well as usual— Catharine in every letter requests to be affectionately remembered to you; & Susan has often made the same request— The Children likewise desire their love to you & beg me to tell you that they are impatient for your return— the other day your brother F[rederick]. took William in his arms, with which the dr. little fellow was so delighted that he wd. not leave yr. brother to come either to Mrs. [H?] or myself— We were all convinced that he mistook yr. brother for yourself— It gives me pleasure to repeat (tho’ unnecessarily) that I am most sincerely & affectionately Yours,