Cha[rle]s and Hen[ry] have gone for a walk; was glad to get her letter; was anxious to hear about the MIddletons, but the news is not good; at least Sallie [Middleton] has confidence in Wessey; they think often of Walker and of her, because they know that stopping his pay means she will have to cut back as well; Jones wrote soon after she got to Lake George, saying she would like to have Lucy with her, but after what she [SFM] said, thought it would be useless to write to her [SFM]; Hen[ry] hopes to go up there when he gets his holyday [sic]; if Lucy changes her plans Hen[ry] will take her; Sarah will be there until mid-September; Joe [Joseph Dunning Weed, Sarah's husband] bought a boat so they can row and fish; Turner and Ruts[on] are spending the summer with the two elderly ladies on a farm in St. Lawerence Co[unty] after that they will go to a Mrs. Roebuck, who is Mrs. Cronell Ogden's sister-in-law; hopes that Jack has been invited to Eliza's; they do not see much of the family uptown; Jane [her step-daughter]'s youngest child, a girl, died; Mrs. French is getting better, though probably is not strong yet; Charley Steele wrote to telll Charley [her son] about his engagement to Nannie; Charley is very happy, but it seems to her like marrying her brother; Charley will spend his holyday [sic] at Newport with the Atterbury's [?]; he thought of going to Hoboken to see Dabney and the Campbells and Harrisons, but did not go; the last time Dabney was there, Cha[rle]s gave him a lecture about not doing work on Sunday; would like her to say something about it, too; feels sympathetic for motherless boys and boys who are away from home and have no one to keep them in line; news of friends; would like to see her talk to her to say something about it too; feels sympathetic to all the motherless boys and boys who are away from home and have no one to keep them in line; news of friends; would like to see her to talk to her; Mrs. Gardner will stay with her while Charley is away; sends love. 6pp ALS