Letter 89

From Quebec to her son. 1644 [fragment]
This is only my second letter since the ships came.

They are leaving in a fortnight, and in that time I have a good two hundred letters to answer.

Kelly, Sr M. St. Dominic, O.S.U. Marie of the Incarnation 1599 - 1672 Correspondence, (translated from the French edition by Dom Guy Oury Monk of Solesmes), Irish Ursuline Union, 2000, p. 90.