Autograph letter signed with initials : Ashley Combe, to Mr. Crosse, "Monday Night" [1844?] Nov. 18 .

Discussing the plans for his visit to her and her visit to Bromfield; saying she is "anxious to try an experiment of my own with the apparatus you have prepared. For this purpose you will perhaps get me some fine iron filings, or iron dust of some kind. If a theory of mine is correct, the bar ought at the instant of the induced magnetism to attract the filings to the nodal lines of its fundamental note... this is a very curious & important point to investigate; -- & if it is as I hope, would lead to some remarkable results;" thanking him for his comments on digestion; discussing, at length and in detail, her digestive disorders and restricted diet; suggesting that perhaps Galvanism might be helpful to her "in winter to keep up my circulation;" expressing appreciation for his understanding of her ailments; adding "It seems to me that brain-working people of the particular caste which both you & I are, often have a strange high-tension tendency in the nervous & sensational systems, which leads to sufferings far worse than any that accompany the greater part of real diseases & fatal illnesses;" confirming what she will need to have on hand at Bromfield for her dietary restrictions.