Richard Holloway Steele to Mary Frances Steele,, 1843, June 27

His sister has visited and sailed back to Guilderland from New Brunswick via New York City and Albany. He considers the scenery between New Brunswick and New York to be delightful. His sister is to marry a Mr. Coney; Steele thinks her entirely too young at twenty. Much excitement in New Brunswick over John Tyler's passing through. "He arrived in the cars from Princetown, stayed about two hours, made quite a speech and was cheered quite heartily." All are studying hard for examinations; Mr. Bigelow will speak at commencement. Cherries and strawberries are ripe, but locusts are eating everything up. Would like to move to the Rev. Mr. Stryker's, but he charges twenty shillings a week, fifty cents more than Steele now pays.