Our good friend, Mr. Le Veillard, just told me that your compatriot, Mr. Bancrof, was leaving tomorrow for Philadelphia. I am taking advantage of this imminent opportunity, my dear papa, so that you will find nearly on your arrival a souvenir from your friend. I want to thank you for the very tender note I received, written in your hand, at the time of your departure. I added it to all your other letters. You are the saint all of whose relics I am saving. Your portrait, which we also cherish, will serve as a constant reminder of this sage who was our friend, and if in his free time, he sometimes thinks about a family who will never stop loving him dearly, he will make us very happy by telling us that he is happy and that he still loves us. Farewell, my good and respectable friend. Accept my best wishes and those of all of mine. We haven't forgotten the grandsons.