She is now in the United States in enfeebled health.
American Mission House, Alexandria, _November 8, 1867_.
My Dear Mrs.Whiting, I know you will be expecting a letter from me soon, partly in answer to yours sent by Mrs.Van Dyck, and especially because it is the day on which you expect all your children to remember you.

I never do forget this day, but this time there are special reasons for my remembering it.

Whenever the day has come around, I have felt more forcibly than at others, how utterly alone I have been, for since dear Mr.Whiting was taken away from us, it has seemed as though we were made doubly orphans, but this time it has not been so.

I think I have been made to realize that I have a loving Father in heaven who loves and watches over and cares for me more than ever you or Mr.Whiting did.

I do really feel now that God has given me friends, so this day has not been so sad a one to me as it usually is.