Saratoga Dec 9 _ 55 Brother and Sister

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I received your letter last thursday and read it with much pleasure there is nothing that gives me so much pleasure and satisfaction as it does to know that I yet have friends in Vt and that the ties of friendship does yet bind our hearts together while absent from each other, and while I am thus call to wade throught the deep scenes of afflictions and absent from you all and in a strange land it seems at time that there is neither dew nor rain, I hope you and B Andrew will remember me when you bow around the throne of God grace and I can truly say I believe I have not been forgotten in the prayr of God children in Watervill and B and I feel to the Lord for it althoug we are many miles apart yet our prayer can around the same throne as I trust

I feel that I am gaining in some respects my health I think is improving slowly I have not had so such a hard distressing time since I came here as I had two weeks before I my Journey; the Dr thinks or says I am gaining as fast as he expects the he says I could not lived long without some relief But you know I have been most sorely afflicted by the hand of God a number of times near the grave but through the wonderful goodness of God I am yet spared and I have thought it was by promises that I had mad to God that had saved me from the grave and I am thankful that it is as well with me as it is the Lord has been good to me while there has been an to do the will of god His mercyes has been lengthen out a the present I will close by subscribing myself

your unworthy SisterH Perham

Love to all that inquire for me Ruth Fletcher write again. writ soon R Fletcher