. . . I am glad we came
that way, for the children have seen some of the finest scenery in our
country. . . . Henry's people are more than ever in love with him, and
have raised his salary to $3,300, and given him a beautiful horse and
carriage worth $600. . . . My health is already improved by the
journey, and I was able to walk a good deal between the locks on the
canal. As to furniture, I think that we may safely afford an outlay of
$150, and that will purchase all that may be necessary to set us up,
and then we can get more as we have means and opportunity. . . . If I
got anything for those pieces I wrote before coming away, I would like
to be advised thereof by you. . . . My plan is to spend this week in
Brooklyn, the next in Hartford, the next in Boston, and go on to
Brunswick some time in May or June."
May 18, 1850, we find her writing from Boston, where she is staying
with her brother, Rev. Edward Beecher:--
MY DEAR HUSBAND,--I came here from Hartford on Monday, and have since
then been busily engaged in the business of buying and packing
furniture.
I expect to go to Brunswick next Tuesday night by the Bath steamer,
which way I take as the cheaper. My traveling expenses, when I get to
Brunswick, including everything, will have been seventy-six dollars. . . .
And now, lastly, my dear husband, you have never been wanting . . .
in kindness, consideration, and justice, and I want you to reflect
calmly how great a work has been imposed upon me at a time when my
situation particularly calls for rest, repose, and quiet.
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