1835
"Well my dear wife as soon as I had read over your letter & laid it under my pillow my heart asks, when shall I get another?"
"I have not room to put more a great kiss as you sent but I send a very little lock of my hair under the seal."
"Dearest if I write too often I am afraid you will have so much of me that you wont care about coming out here..."
"I awoke in the night & found the damp air blowing strongly on my shoulder. I thought of one who used to cover it with care & hoped I should soon see her again."
1528
"I beseech you now with all my heart definitely to let me know your whole mind as to the love between us..."
"For necessity compels me to plague you for a reply, having been for more than a year
now struck by the dart of love..." "Written by the hand of him who would willingly remain yours."
now struck by the dart of love..." "Written by the hand of him who would willingly remain yours."