15th November, 1815 Dear Miss Marble, I would like to express my sincere gratitude for your last letter, and indeed for all the letters I have received from you in the past months. I can not express how much your correspondence has come to mean to me and all the numerous occasions your letters have brightened my dreary evenings away from Hartford. I am sure by now you are aware of our victory at Waterloo; it …showed first 75 words of 505 total…

…showed last 75 words of 505 total…parents greatly approve and judge our match as a highly valuable connection to both our families. Father holds you in high regard and Mother is beside herself with joy at our betrothal, as am I. I can scarcely wait until your return to Hartford when we can have our grand wedding and begin our blissful life together as Master and Mistress of Lipton. I shall count the days until our meeting. Yours Truly, Gwendolyn Marble