_To Mrs. Fielder_
Philadelphia, October 28.
I need not hesitate a moment to answer this letter. I will be all that
my revered mamma wishes me to be. I have vowed an eternal separation from
Colden; and, to enable me to keep this vow, I entreat you to permit me to
come to you.
I will leave this house in anybody's care you direct. My Molly and the
boy Tom I shall find it no easy task to part with; but I will,
nevertheless, send the former to her mother, who is thrifty and well to
live. I beg you to permit me to bring the boy with me. I wait your
answer.