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                                                                                           Milo Dec 5th 1846

My Dear Son Recd your letter as of 15 & 16th but not till thanksgiving day there was a word on the outside which said "overlooked by J" Ann recd one from you last week. She and Eliab came home in Stage last Monday. We've had a very pleasant time not withstanding a good deal of hurry & flurry as usual. I told the folks that if you only had money plenty by you, would be here too as suppose'd they would not object to a vacation your school is so long. Joseph was home 2 or 3 weeks ago was about here a week buying things-&c &c. Almeda and her two Daughters started the 18th of last month went on board the Boat the 19th. Had a rough passage got into Boston the 21st. Mrs Caroline Chase sent her sometime since a very cordial invitation to come with all her children and spend the winter with her. She will leave Lucy with her annt Rachel Thomson in Sutton perhaps to stay a year which she & Lizzy spend the winter writing about - Charles carried them to Bangor and see them aboard &c went with 2 horses. He is always willing you know to do what is thought best it cost him a dollar more besides his time and team but we all thought it best as it would be pleasanter for her. Charles and Lucy had an invitation to attend a Scholars Picnic Friday evening at the Academy Foxcroft - so Anna & Eliab concluded to go too so Charles hurried about all day borrow'd sleigh & harness and riggd in both horses and got started about 3 o clock calculating to spend the night there and this morn go on to Bangor. Lucy goes back with them expects to spend the winter there go to school and assist Ann - She'll write you all about it soon I guess. I am dreadfully press's with work for little Jamie etc and need her help and her company but was very willing she should go - be for her good I hope with quite a benefit to Ann too - you enquire about a wedding - not very soon I guess Albina begins a school in the Rollins district next Monday 2 month I have not been so inform'd but I guess that they would have been married perhaps by this time had it not been for the lack of the Rhino? poor fellow he is always in the mire struggling with all his might.