Yes, butⒶemendation I’ve got to have a complete set; & if you don’t send it I will employ some honest man to buy it for me.

It is perfectly delightful to think you are really coming at last—& not as a vague generality with a nebulous date, but in your substantial person & with a fixed time. Good;—we shall keep a pleasant eye on the 9th & the 10th in the calendar as being the days upon one of which you will start for Hartford. Make David come, if you can; for if there’s one thing which rests & heals nor more than medicine or change of scene; & that is, change of people. But if he can’t come, you tell me if you are coming per Erie road, & I’ll go down to Jersey City & meet you. —

With love to David,

My dear Mrs Gray

We are indeed glad that the day is fixed for you coming and we want you both to be sure and come, don’t leave half in Buffalo— The 8th or 9th or any time just along there suits us admirably, because we are not expecting any company just at that time— So come as early as you can & stay as long as you can—