Philadelphia, 5 May, Tuesday evening
It is after 9 Sunday evening my dear Debora, but if I did not write now I know not when I should, when I am to write my poor journal & committee tell, I cannot do as Bosie(?) Hall does. Well here we are, safe in the army(?) of Brotherly Love not a pin lost, not a scratch or a bruise received. Our ride to Providence was pleasant, that from P. to (?)ington Street(?) more so as we were in a car full of Abolitionists. We did not reach till near 9. The boat, the Nanagarret(?) was very much crowded; the babies nicely(?) (?)d & many of them by no means used (?) little Ann. I foolishly went down to be with Mary & Elizabeth. We rested(?) not. Maria was not in the least ill or sick or anything of the kind but I was terribly so. Much more so than last year tho' then I went round Point Judith, Ma's warmest hopes were realised. I went to sleep however sometime before midnight & slept till near 3 then laid awake till 4 and then slept & went on deck. It was pretty cold at that hour but we could not stay below without [transcription in progress] (Wikisource contributor note)
