21th July P.A.
My dear husband
Last mail I received a letter from my sister proposing a trip to the Bedford or York Springs, in which she begs me to join her. The plan was arranged by Mr. Eyre, who goes on with his sister to Chambersburgh, and wish’d my sister to remain at the Springs whilst he was engaged with Mrs. Lyon in arranging her affairs in Chambersburgh. This plan I believe was chiefly settled with a view to my convenience and the promoting my health. They propose to go to Cambridge in their own carriage, and thence to Baltimore in the packet and when in B-e to hire a hack and proceed on to those springs near that city, then to remain ‘till Mr. Eyre joins us. They think of setting out in the first of August and remain from home 4 or 6 weeks. Their plans to be on as cheap a scale as possible. As to myself, I feel rather a repugnance to going than a desire; and nothing but the hope that my health might be benefitted by the excursion wd induce me to submit to an exertion which almost terrifies me to think of. All this I submit to you and shall be entirely guided by your convenience as to pecuniary matters - wh[ic]h you know I always shall consult and by [torn page]