New York March 8. 1789- Dear Mrs. Ellsworth, You will be glad to hear that I arrived here safely in three days from Hartford, & that I am accommodated with the lodgings in a good family- Most of the Members from the Eastern States are arrived, but mot a Sufficient number yet from the Southward to proceed to business-. I employ my time, as I presume a number of others do, in looking into and preparing for the business we are soon to enter upon. The votes for the President & Vice-President are not yet opened, but there is no doubt of General Washington's being chosen to the first office & Mr. John Adams of Boston to the latter.- No pains have been spared by the inhabitants of this place to provide for the reception of Congress & to render their stay here agreeable. [2] A publick building has been erected & finished [inserted: for them] in a very short time, at the expense of fifteen thousand pounds, which does honor to the City & surpasses in elegance any building in this Country- I wish the business expected to be transacted in it may be as well done and as universally admired as the house is- You have the kind remembrance of Doctr Johnson & his Lady, who are in heaviness for the loss of their daughter that was married here. Her funeral was attending the moment I arrived- - That your life & health & that of the dear children may be preserved you will readily believe is the daily petition of an affectionate friend Olivr: Ellsworth You may let Chauncey know I shall not have occasion for} him as the family in which} I live incline to furnish me} with what- attendance I want Mrs. Ellsworth.- [docket] Hartford March 13, 1789 [address leaf] Mrs. Nabby Ellsworth Windsor Connecticut Free Olivr Ellsworth.