An attack of the gout in his foot and little finger of his left hand prevented Brownson from answering Henry's letter. He asks Henry about his attitude towards his new commander. Brownson hopes that the matter of impeachment is ended now. If Ben Wade becomes acting President Henry most likely will get on a step for Sickles will probably go on a foreign mission. Everything seems to indicate that Grant will be the next president and Sherman will command the army and Brownson is of the opinion that nothing better can be hoped on Henry wrote to his mother that he was not well but has mentioned nothing of his health since. Brownson hopes that both he and Fifine are well and is very happy to be told that Fifine loves him. He is not surprised that Henry's love for her grows more each day since after five minutes conversation with her Brownson was convinced that Henry would always find her a noble woman. She has all the best qualities and virtues of Henry's mother but with more cultivation, more knowledge of the world and a childish playfulness that Mrs. Sarah H. Brownson never had. Brownson is of the opinion that his son Henry should make a better husband than his father for he has Catholic faith and love, something which his father did not have until middle life. The love and respect of the Brownson family is sent to Fifine. Mrs. Brownson will measure her love for Fifine by her power to make Henry happy, while Brownson measures her love for Henry by his power to prove himself the husband she desires as well as the husband she has. Henry's father asks to be remembered to Mrs. Van Dyke, who must be a noble woman to have such a noble daughter. :: III-3-a A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.