60 Bway N.Y. Room 324
Dec. 14, 88
Dear Theodore:-
I am sorry that you did not find me here.  Ive been imprisoned in Bklyn since Tuesday week,
excepting a few hours on two occasions, by the preparations for final settlement of 
Kings Co. bills.
If I remember rightly, mother told me that when she first ferried over the 
Susquehanna river at Harrisburg, about 1814 I think, the piers for the old bridge
were just above water in process of building.  I believe the bridge was completed
in 1816.  It was built by Burr the inventor or under his supervision.
[description of Bridge over Susquehanna in Harrisburg - 2 additional pages]