New Haven Feb. 27th 1880 My very Dear Brothers, I feel specially inclined to greet you with a letter while together, as well as to congratulate you on the delightful, yes, blessed privilege of enjoying each other’s congenial company once more in these years of [?] maturity. I doubt not that you both, deeply + [rightly?] appreciate this chance opportunity: nor can I help wishing I could be with you in the participation of this joy. Indeed I now rejoice with you, though separated from you. This season we may truly call a broad + green oasis in our latter years. As such I think we shall all remember it while life on earth remains. We are all in our usual health. Mary is for better than she was for several weeks after she came. We have taken a long walk together this morning ¾ of a mile out perhaps, to mean the middle of Hillhouse avenue, + on our return we met Prof. Chester J. Lyman for the first time since our arrival he has change but little since I first met him in Albany at the meeting of the “American Association for the Advance of Science” in Aug. 1852 I think. Please give my love to Sister Catherine and all the children. Tell them far off uncle longs to see them all, + mingle our joys + songs together. Try to do each other all the good you can while you are enjoying this golden opportunity. Dear H tell me about your trip to [?], when you left E.H. + how much help are you likely to get for Elbert, also what you hear from your dear ones in Oregon + California. Dear A, I have been expecting a letter from you answer to the one I sent you recently. I always enjoy your patent, genial, detailed family letters. I hope I shall step into your pleasant home soe day + with you [?] your extended fields, as well as [?] the broad praises of [?]. Your own br. J. Lyman

New Haven Feb. 27th 1880

My very Dear Brothers,

I feel specially inclined to greet you with a letter while together, as well as to congratulate you on the delightful, yes, blessed privilege of enjoying each other’s congenial company once more in these years of [?] maturity. I doubt not that you both, deeply + [rightly?] appreciate this chance opportunity: nor can I help wishing I could be with you in the participation of this joy. Indeed I now rejoice with you, though separated from you. This season we may truly call a broad + green oasis in our latter years. As such I think we shall all remember it while life on earth remains.

We are all in our usual health. Mary is for better than she was for several weeks after she came. We have taken a long walk together this morning ¾ of a mile out perhaps, to mean the middle of Hillhouse avenue, + on our return we met Prof. Chester J. Lyman for the first time since our arrival he has change but little since I first met him in Albany at the meeting of the “American Association for the Advance of Science” in Aug. 1852 I think. Please give my love to Sister Catherine and all the children. Tell them far off uncle longs to see them all, + mingle our joys + songs together.

Try to do each other all the good you can while you are enjoying this golden opportunity. Dear H tell me about your trip to [?], when you left E.H. + how much help are you likely to get for Elbert, also what you hear from your dear ones in Oregon + California.

Dear A, I have been expecting a letter from you answer to the one I sent you recently. I always enjoy your patent, genial, detailed family letters. I hope I shall step into your pleasant home soe day + with you [?] your extended fields, as well as [?] the broad praises of [?].

Your own br.
J. Lyman

Part of Letter from Josiah Lyman on a family reunion and requesting news