B-233-12
New Bedford 16th of 1st Month 1823
I intended writing thee again my dear Aunt, immediately
after my return from Providence, but quarterly meeting coming
on, & having from my long confinement omitted furnishing my
chambers with curtains, carpets etc, I was necessarily pretty busy
in preparing for the reception of Father A s family, a severe
storm on 3rd day so blocked the roads that very few country
friends, mostly representatives attended- & Father came alone
to us- since that time I have been out more & have had
most of my acquaintances to dine or take tea with me-
I make one more party of elderly people, our neighbour Russel s
etc etc - & then my house warming will be over- & since I
am upon the subject of warmth I recollect Father desired
me to inform Uncle Thos how our entry Stove proved-
& I gladly testify to its being the greatest comfort to our house
it warms it throughout, the change both above & below is
really wonderful- Jos fitted his with the pipe leading into
the cellar & my Husband prepared our chimneys in the same
way, but theirs would never draw & is perfectly useless-
our s is a handsome column standing on a neat free stone
hearth with the pipe leading to the cornice where a piece
of white marble is inserted & it passes thro that into my
three closets into our breakfast room chimney. The pipe
is of handsome Russia iron [illegible], so that it is rather
ornamental than otherwise- My Parents dined with us
last 5th day thermometer at 6 [degrees] and wind high, when I believe
none of us felt that it was colder than our usual au
tumn weather, when the parlor doors ere open, the heat
from the entry was felt very sensibly- I am thus
minute because I was desired to be- We sleep in a
very large chamber over our back parlor which we cannot
