Soon after you receive these lines you will have me with you. I
leave Wednesday, December 3, on the Baltimore for Havre. There are
several reasons for my preference to go by a sailing vessel.
First, its movements are much pleasanter; you haven’t the smoke or
jar of the machinery. I shall, too, avoid unpacking my cases in
England; and lastly, I need some rest after my exertions and late
hours. I have been greatly benefited by my intercourse with noble
and distinguished men and women here. My relation to the Americans
is that of an adopted son.... My farewell concerts in Boston, in
Philadelphia, and especially in New York, were remarkable for the
regret which the people expressed at my departure, and I was
deeply touched.