Addressed to:

   Rev A. T. Boynton
       McLean
           Tompkins Co
                 NY

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                 Binghamton Dec 12th / 56

Dear Parents
            you have ere this reaches you anxiously awated to hear
how we are & of our journey at this place we arived at Darwins about
dusk all ware glad to see us we did not suffer much with the cold
Austana & the baby caught an addition to their cold we remained at
virgil until yesterday & came to B 1/2 past 2 PM   we find our self's
in our own room very plesantly Situated we think A & the baby is
better with their cold & I am much better   A is some tired in
arrainging the room but feals quite at home   the friends ware glad to
see us & think we have a noble boy   we ware glad that you had so fine
a day to draw wood & trust you have a fine mile [?] & well prepaired
for use
   I left in so much of a hurry that I did not say to you as much as I
intended konwing you wanted some money & I will now take this
opertunity to enclose ten dollars & when we come up I trust I can do
more   I feal that we can not repay you all for the kindness shown us
trusting we may well remember the commandments to honour our dear
Parents that our dayes may be long in the land the Lord our God giveth
us we have your Prayers & trust all will be answerd as far as
concistant to His will   This is a beautiful day we are happy to find
all our friends well Bro & sister Barnes from Maine vilage is here
they came last eve Returning from a visit from Cochocton visiting
their oldest daughter   I have no news to write you   I will close we
would gladly see you all here at B   Louisa & Libby   Eddy growes
smarter every day   A sayes he has laughed out loud   he may talk in a
fiew weeks
   I will leav the rest for A to write   Remember us to all the
friends we are affectionately your children
                                               Edward & Tain

[Written below, in pencil]
PS it is so late   A will not have time to write in time ["to" crossed
out] for the mail   E J Angell