Transcribe Whitney, Mary A. Letter to Ward, Henry A. (1881-04-01)

nwh [page 1] Different hand Miss Whitney April '81 Rochester April 1st 1881 Prof Ward

       Dear Sir
       Your Your Father read

a letter from you to day and wished me to write you for him - He says to tell you that he is well and enjoying himself very well - For a few days he had a hard cold and could not go out - as usual I read to him and passed the time away as pleasantly as possible. we play euchre every night with him and the evenings are not so long. Mrs Ward and Alice are in Washington and may