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[1854? 5?] [(Eliz Stedman)]

Centre Belpre Oct 8

My dear Brother I received a letter from you yesterday dated Sept 28th and was right glad to get it for we had not heard from you for a long, long time. I am real sorry you are having such a fuss and advise you to come away from there for fear of gete ting hurt. besides I am very lonesome here now and would like to have you come and keep us company. Areli's school continues some weeks longer and then she will come, but if you won't come before that time I shall surely go off. I received a letter from Areli yesterday and would send it to you if I thought you could read it and she would not care. but I fear she will so I will just do as she told me to, tell you what was in it, she is not going to write to you or Gus and George till she gets home, for she has not time to write only Sunday I believe she said, and that time she was going to spend in writing home. she writes to us very seldom but almost quite cheerful when she does write. I told her she must write to you for I knew you would be glad to hear

[written along the left-hand side of the page] They want you to come fast to the Institute and teach at Marietta and say if you come home this [illegible] they will make you teach. I told Mr. [Barry?] your health would not permit. He said you must get well and then teach. Please excuse this short poorly written letter from your sister Lib

Please excuse me I forgot to put this in the office [illegible] yesterday