I should have been much gratified if Mrs Story would have done us the favor to retain the flowers & fruit which she was so obliging as to bring for us from Mt V. And Mrs W. & myself beg that she will now do us the favor to accept a part of them, which we return by your messenger.

I hope, in a day or two, to have the pleasure of seeking the acquaintance, and (if I do not presume too far) the friendship of Mrs S. Yrs most affectly