Tuesday 2th Dec 1813
My dear husband
I wrote you on Sunday by Mr. Little of Baltimore, since which nothing has occur’d to note. But as you requested me to write, I shall comply with your desire every mail.
I suppose you have heard the news of Wilkinson’s defeat. No one seems to be surprised at it here; and for my part, from the characterization of the man, the astonishment wou’d have been to have heard of a victory of his gaining. I suppose you are fairly into the business of Legislation by this time, and settled in your quarters. I am exceedingly anxious to learn the result of our Bank petition, and you will oblige me by noting how you proceed thereon, and by informing me how the prospect lies.
I rode out the other day (Sunday), to see Col. Done’s family.1 They seem’d gratified with the attention but are all melancholy yet. Otherwise, I have not been out of the house. As soon as I arrange my household I shall begin my travels southward. Not having had a line