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Wilmington Septr 15th 1859.

My Dear Friend,

Your’s of the 15th inst. reached me this
morning and I hasten to answer it, though I am
much engaged with the business of our Court
which is now in session, It has been read with
mingled surprise and sympathy and very greatly
do I regret that the peace of yourself & family
should have been disturbed by the reception of
such a letter as has been addressed to Miss
Annie, As you state that the writer is unknown
to you, I will now inform you who she is. --

You may remember writing to me in Decr. 1856
when you were in quest of a governess & instructress
for your children and requesting me to call on a
Miss West an English lady, who had but a short
time before located herself in this community
and at the insistance of Bishop Atkinson had applied
to you for the situation of a teacher in your
family. This lady afterwards married Dr. Medway
a German, who had been living for some time at
Smithville but who at the period of his marriage
resided I think in Wilmington, and his wife is
the writer of the communication addressed to your
daughter and forwarded to me for my perusal,