_Boston_, July 3d, 3½ o'clock
_Dearest Wife_,
Mr. Fields tells me that a proof sheet was sent to Concord to-day, and
he wishes it to be sent to him in Boston, so that I may look over it
on Monday. You must put two one-cent postage stamps.
This has been a terrifically hot day. I shall leave for Concord (N.
H.) at five o'clock, and shall mail this scribble there, so that you
may know that I have arrived safely.
With love to the old people,
Thine,
N. H.