WASHINGTON, February 12, 1858.
MY BELOVED DAUGHTER—I
received your beautiful note from Cortland this morning, and was pleased with
your affectionate remembrance. Washington is full to overflowing; gay, to
dissipation; swollen, to extravagant dimensions; sleepy, to stupidity; and
rouged, to redness. Your friends and acquaintances inquire for you cordially. I
would not have you here in this intoxicating whirl of party-going for anything
I could name. It has proceeded to a pass which is destructive of physical and
moral health. I am glad you are at home to comfort and console your dear
mother with the affectionate attentions of the only darling child left us
there.
The mail is about to
close. In haste.
SOURCE: John R.
Dickinson, Editor, Speeches, Correspondence, Etc., of the Late Daniel
S. Dickinson of New York, Vol. 2, pp. 509-10
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