Plain Text Transcription [Address panel:] Rev Elias Bowen Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania Handwritten postmark in upper left corner of address panel : Berkshire NY May 5 Amount of postage written in upper right corner of address panel: 12 ½ [cents] Endorsed on fold of address panel: “Mrs Bowen’s Letter / 1831” Berkshire  May 3d 1831 My dear Husband  I am happy to have it in my power  to inform you that we are all in health  and feel ourselves quite at home