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and a dryroom and a good fire are far
more to be desired than any out door amusements
whatever - I found on getting back
from Hartford to New York that there was
no necessity for my return there at all
So that my visit to you was lost to
no purpose My vexation was accordingly
great for I wanted not only to have seen
you but to have gone up the Connecticut
Valley into Vermont -

We have expected your visit to us here
so long in vain that I really can not feel
very sanguine that we shall ever see you - So
the main prupose of this letter, as you doubtless
will discover, is to keep you in mind of
your promise and to urge you not to fail
of performing it. Make your arrangements to
give us a good, long, sensible visit - We will do
what we can to make it pleasant for you and
you may rely on finding Mrs. McGregor a
warm friend, almost as good a one in fact
as

Yours Most Truly
John P. McGregor

To Miss Susan H. Gilbert

P.S. Let me hear from you at all events so that I
shall not be under the necessity of sending Mr. Brigham to look you up