Outside of folded letter: 
Mrs. Sarah Garrett
Radnor Township
Delaware County
Spread Eagle
PA
 
Spread Eagle November 1, 1845
 
Mother,
 I take my pen in hand with wounded feeling to direct a few lines to your you been informed that you imbibed a belief that I had bad feeling towards you at your last visit at my house. Which information struck me with sorrowful feelings as I was aware that I had no just cause to treat you with no other respect then as a friend and mother.