Fort Simpson, B.C. July 29th 1880 My dear Mother, I must write a few lines to you. I do not like to let any chance pass without some word to you. I have been hoping to hear of your being better - this mail brings me no news from home - but we shall likely soon have another. Thomas has just returned from a visit to Bella Bella, about two hundred and thirty miles away, where a native agent has been working a few months. The prospects of establishing a good Mission there are most encouraging but we hope that a minister may soon be stationed there, for the place is too far away to be connected with this mission. My little baby is a real treasure - so bright and so good - and it is such a comfort to me to have her. She sleeps always so well all night and a great deal during the day. Jessie and Grace have been coughing lately - the weather has been very changeable - but I hope they will soon be better. I have been very well indeed since baby came. We have had a good many visitors this summer. Mr. & Mrs. Green & baby are here now - also Mr. & Mrs. Tate and a man from one of the fisheries - but most of them leave by the steamer tomorrow. I suppose my father has been away attending the Conferences. I hope we shall soon hear from him again. Now, dear Mother, you may know that you have a tender place in my thoughts. May the Lord abundantly bless you with all grace. Our united love to yourself and my father. Your affectionate daughter Emma