On the occasion of her nephew's marriage, in 1829, she wrote to him in
the following terms:--


"MY DEAREST NEPHEW,--I have spent four days in vain endeavours
to gain composure enough to give you an idea of the joyful
sensation your letter of February 5th has caused me. But I can
at this present moment find no words which would better express
my happiness than those which escaped in exclamation from my
lips, according to Simeon (see St. Luke ii. 29), 'Lord, now
lettest thou thy servant depart in peace.'

"I have now some hopes of passing the few remainder of my days
in as much comfort as the separation from the land where I
spent the greatest portion of my life, and from all those which
are most dear to me, can admit. For, from the description given
me of the dear young lady of your choice, I am confident my
dear nephew's future happiness is now established.

"I beg you will give my love to your dear lady, and best
regards to all your new connections where they are due, in the
best terms you can think of, for I am at present too unwell for
writing all I could wish to say.

"I have suffered much during this severe winter, and have not
been able to leave my habitation above three or four times for
the last three months; and feel, moreover, much fatigued by
sitting eight times within the last ten days to Professor
Tiedemann for having my picture taken--which he did at my