Your Papa tells me he must send his letters this evening or they will not reach the Marquis, who is kind enough to take care of them. I cannot write two letters and as your dear Father has wrote to your Grand Papa I shall say all I have to say this time to you. I have been very unfortunate in being out when the Marquis Lafayette came to see me, indeed he no sooner comes to Philad. than he goes again and every body is disatisfied with his leaving us so soon, he spoke highly of you to a Friend of mine, I am happy to hear you behave so well, but with the advice of your Dear Grand Papa and Cos, and under their direction I expect every thing that is good and Clever from you. Your Papa has given you an account of your lovely little Brothers and Sisters. Richard only nine months old calls papa, quite plain, and sings sweetly, at day light every morning he sits up and entertains us for an hour, Betsy is now reading loud, and Louis so delighted with his new Winter Cloaths that he is dancing Cotilions and leaping about, indeed they hardly ever leave me a minute to think, Willy is gone to French school, he cries bitterly about his Grand Papa’s not returning, and said in his distress the night before last, that Congress might as well make a Drag horse of him as keep him when he wanted to come home to his Family, we long much to see you all, give my most afectionate Duty to my Father, and Love to Your Cousin and self, I am as much as ever your afectionate mother