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April 2nd
[1859]

Dear Susan
	I have a great boy now three weeks old. He weighed at his birth without a particle of clothing 12 ¼ lb My labor was long and very very severe. I never suffered so much before. I was sick all the time before he was born, and I have been very weak ever since He seemed to take up every particle of my vitality soul and body He is a grand specimen so every body says. He looks like Gerttie and Maggie
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Thank Heaven! I am through the siege once more! But oh! Susan what have I not suffered for the past year. It seems to me like a long painful dream. I sent your letter to Peterboro. I thought best to let you speak for yourself, especially as your letter came when I could not sit up or write. 
I send you Gerrits and Lizzys letters, of course they are for no eyes but yours. Write soon
yours as ever
E. Cady Stanton.
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E.C. Stanton 
April 2/59
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[typed transcript]

April 2nd (1859)

Dear Susan
	I have a great boy now three weeks old. He weighed at his birth without a particle of clothing 12 ¼ lb. My labor was long & very very severe. I never suffered so much before. I was sick all the time before he was born, & I have been very weak ever since He seemed to take up every particle of my vitality soul & body He is a grand specimen so every body says. He looks like Gattie and Maggie Think However! I am through the siege once more! But oh! Susan what have I not suffered for the past year. It seems to me like a long painful dream. I sent your letter to Peterboro I thought best to let you speak for yourself, especially as your letter came when I could not sit up or write. 
I send you Gerrit’s and Lizzie’s letters, of course they are for no eyes but yours. Write soon.
Yours as ever
E. Cady Stanton