Letter to Mr. Charles Wilbor, impossible to summarize so quoted here in full: "Mr. Wilbor, The only way of keeping Mary in a safe place that we can think of is by ceiling (sic) up one half of the room with boards and then have 2 inch plank slats spiked to the beam that runs through the middle of the room. Lydia says if she is chained in the center of the room their (sic) would not be room enough for her to go in and do the needfull for her without Mary's reaching her as Lydia is afraid of her and we are in fear all the time she will take the handcuffs off in spite of everything that can be done by planking up with those thick slats through the centre of the room one half of the window would be clear so it could be opened. I don't know as you will understand it but something must be done here or somewhere else and I should prefer the latter. She is perfectly dreadfull when she has those ravings spells which is often. Please write as soon as you can conveniently and let us know what is to be done for living in such fear we cant do it--we want you should come over as soon as your health and traveling will admit as there is some things about it that I cannot write."