[Lydia] Maria [Child] ALS to Anna Loring, Undated (August 9)

New York Aug 9'th

Dear Anna,

John starts off suddenly,
and unexpectedly to Boston, on business;
and though I have not much time,
I must just write a word, to say that
I love you ever. If my life were
full of entertaining incidents, I would
write to you often; but one day is so
exactly like another, that it furnishes
no entertaining theme for a young
lady. My excursion up the North river,
of which you probably have seen an
account in The Courier, is the only
jollification I have had for a long
time; and I was glad enough to get
home then.