{?steps} that [?agree} that ease of your pockets, that
Gentleman in the black {?gown} belongs to the
Law, {?&} do I sir you lie [illeg] Travis Isle June 28
[illegible line of text]
My dear Aunt
Since I last wrote to you
I have changed my abode and are
now wither the regions of smoke, for
its affects extend even as far as Travis Isle
which must no longer be stiled Country
My eyes are scarcely open this morning
therefore you must excuse the errors
of my pen.
[change hand] Miss Nicholson
Gateacre
to be
opened
the 4 August
the day I go to
[illeg]
by [illeg]
desire not
to be opened till the {?appointed}
time
[new page]
My dear Mary Ann
Time my dear Child
I hope has not erased the pleasing recollect=
=tion of our youthful correspondence
& perhaps a continuance of it tho having
[this is clearly a piece of scrap paper that has been used to practice on]

{?steps} that [?agree} that ease of your pockets, that
Gentleman in the black {?gown} belongs to the
Law, {?&} do I sir you lie [illeg] Travis Isle June 28
[illegible line of text]
My dear Aunt
Since I last wrote to you
I have changed my abode and are
now wither the regions of smoke, for
its affects extend even as far as Travis Isle
which must no longer be stiled Country
My eyes are scarcely open this morning
therefore you must excuse the errors
of my pen.
[change hand] Miss Nicholson
Gateacre
to be
opened
the 4 August
the day I go to
[illeg]
by [illeg]
desire not
to be opened till the {?appointed}
time
[new page]
My dear Mary Ann
Time my dear Child
I hope has not erased the pleasing recollect=
=tion of our youthful correspondence
& perhaps a continuance of it tho having
[this is clearly a piece of scrap paper that has been used to practice on]