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here principally. Week after next I shall begin to expect Miss Grant, & after her arrival, both for her sake & my own, it will be necessary that I spend several days with her, perhaps a week or two. I want to consult Miss Grant definitely about several things relating to our enterprise. It will then be time that I turn my face again towards my future home on the beautiful Connecticut, after having taken a trip for a day or two from Boston to Norton to see Miss Caldwell.

Thus it seems necessary after looking over the subject, that I should give up the idea of going to Weymouth to spend anytime, or to endeavor to do any good. But I hope that I may see you personally before long somewhere, & converse with you on the great subject. If I should have occasion to go to Boston, & can’t see you by going out several miles by direct state, I should doubtless avail myself of the opportu-nity, if I should know where you are. I did want to attend the meetings of the American institute, but have entirely given that up. I have been very desirous too of attending commence-ment next week at Cambridge, as I am now so near, & fear I may never have another op-portunity. I did think of making arrange-ments to be absent just long enough for this, & then I hoped I might in some way see you. I should not think of going without engaging the company of some friend from Boston whom I should expect would be calculating to go. But since I have been unwell this week, I have not thought much about it, & probably shall not go. But I may go to Boston for some other object before you leave Weymouth. If so, I should hope just to go over there and see you.

I have not devoted any time to preparing that article yet, but probably I shall next week.

I shall be very glad to know where you are from time to time.

Very respectfully yours,

Mary Lyon