tty effect, especially as
there were a variety of flowers all in bloom. The table was on
castors & could be placed in any position.... We were shown three
very small chambers, where Gustavus the 4th was imprisoned after he
was dethroned. His queen lived with him there. In another building,
a pavilion, were some rooms furnished in more modern style. The
Queen sleeps in these rooms when she comes to Haga, [but] the royal
family rarely visit this palace. The grounds are very beautiful. We
walked round the Park to the famous palace which Gustavus 3d
commenced building after his return from Italy. Here he expended two
millions, & the foundations were but laid & the stones in readiness
for the walls when he was assassinated. The work was then
immediately stopped as the people were much opposed to the
undertaking. We saw the model of this building which was to have
been a very extensive one. A row of columns all around it, to have
been built in the Italian style. The model was more like a temple
than a palace. We took tea at a little inn in Hagalund & returned
home late in the evening--The king has a great number of palaces
round Stockholm, there are seven or eight, & as many it is said in
every province.

We have a very pleasant little family of our own, & have fine times
together. Mr. Hughes says "for one lady it would have been
intolerable, for two very unpleasant; but for three quite
agreeable." Henry has been much disappointed not to receive a letter
from his father. We are now expecting letters every day from home, &
when Wm. Goddard arrives next month we hope to have many--

Please to give my love to Aunt Lucia & say to her I shall write her
very soon. Be so kind as to give much love to all the family for me,
& accept much love & respect for yourself & Mr Longfellow from

Your ever affectionate

MARY ----

MY DEAREST MOTHER,--As a little blank space is left, I will fill it
with a postscript.--We have just returned--that is to say, day
before yesterday,--from a visit to the University of Upsala, and the
Iron mines of Dannemora;--of which Mary will give you a description
all in good time. We already begin to think of leaving
Stockholm--and shall probably take the steamboat to Gothenburg in