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On board steamer Shenango at Cincinatti, April 15, 1856
Dear Uncle,
We are detained at Cincinatti a day and mother thought that you would like to hear how we are getting along. We are doing very well although too slow for us, we are getting impatient. We had a long journey from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, and now a very long one to Cincinatti, but we cannot complain for we have everything for our comfort, a handsomely furnished boat, a well kept table, very good company and everything else very nice. The worst of it is, this boat goes no farther than St. Louis where we will be obliged to take another for St. Paul so we cannot tell when we will get to our journeys end, but when we do you shall hear from us. Cincinatti is a very handsome city. I think I should like to live here very well. But Pittsburgh exceeds all that I ever dreamt of for filth and dirt. Mother says she could not recognize anything she ever saw. We were all glad enough to get away from there. I am keeping a journal of my travels which when you pay us a visit I will show you. Mother and the rest of us send our love to you and all your family. Would you please be so kind as to write a note to Grandmother Grimshaw and direct it to John Murray, Lombard St., above Tenth, saying we are all well and oblige Mother.
From your affectionate niece, M. Virginia Grimshaw
If anyone in the family knows what has become of this journal she mentions, we would love to know.