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Sarah Jackson to Rachel Jackson Lawrence
Sea Song July 16th /60
My Precious Love,
Martha, Sarah and the children have all gone to take a bath, and I will avail my self of the quiet peaceful opportunity there by afforded me, of addressing my darling one at dear old Tennessee. I have nothing new, for the weather has been too intensely hot for visiting, either paying or recieving. consequently I have heard nothing, even if there is any thing to hear. Since the commencement of this month until yesterday the weather has been almost insupportable, day and night. there was no breeze and the atmosphere was like the mouth of a burning furnace. New Orleans was dreadful, your Pa was obliged to go over, and during the two nights he was absent he could not sleep a wink. he says he never felt any thing to equal it. I spent one night fanning, even here, but we have had several thunder storms, which have produced a change and now it is cool and delightful. last night we were obliged to partly close one of our windows and to draw up the sheet, and to-day the white caps are rolling beautifully. we have such a splendid breeze. your Pa has built a very fine, large bath house, and a wharf 600 feet long. all appear to enjoy it very much. they go to bathe every day. I have not yet ventured. the water is about neck deep at this time, and the waves pretty strong. We have a great abundance of splendid peaches, of every variety, cut, stewed, in pies & fresh from the trees. to-day I sent up a cart load of [illeg] for sa[le] [illeg due to copying] abundant. the late rains have benefitted the crops very much, both cotton and corn.