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My Dear Son Milo 16. April | My Dear Son Milo 16. April | ||
I receiv'd your letter 2 days since and was as usual very glad I had begun to feel anxious to hear how you got along in your school- am very much gratified to learn that you are so pleasantly situated have such a fine school to- But it is truly [[amazing?]] that your school should close with singing when you know so little about it- I suppose you can not tell whether they sing well or not | I receiv'd your letter 2 days since and was as usual very glad I had begun to feel anxious to hear how you got along in your school- am very much gratified to learn that you are so pleasantly situated have such a fine school to- But it is truly [[amazing?]] that your school should close with singing when you know so little about it- I suppose you can not tell whether they sing well or not | ||
As to many matters and in regard to your getting any from here I dont know any thing what can be done Tis true" there's property here- but as Sam'l Furbur says the more property a man has in Milo the poorer he is- Tis | As to many matters and in regard to your getting any from here I dont know any thing what can be done Tis true" there's property here- but as Sam'l Furbur says the more property a man has in Milo the poorer he is- Tis reckon'd I believe that Farms will not pay any more than 4 pr cent- and- the Taxes in the town are from 5 to 6 pr cent | ||
It seems sometimes as if C. did not manage so well as he might or he would not be so perplex'd and bother'd to get along but tis a fact that there are very few men in town' if any that do make a living of it, that have nothing but a farm to depend upon almost all To have some other resource C. always has you know. and does yet talk about leaving here and trying to get a living some where else but I dont see how he can do that either for he could not sell and he has nothing to start with unless he could | It seems sometimes as if C. did not manage so well as he might or he would not be so perplex'd and bother'd to get along but tis a fact that there are very few men in town' if any that do make a living of it, that have nothing but a farm to depend upon almost all To have some other resource C. always has you know. and does yet talk about leaving here and trying to get a living some where else but I dont see how he can do that either for he could not sell and he has nothing to start with unless he could | ||
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My Dear Son Milo 16. April I receiv'd your letter 2 days since and was as usual very glad I had begun to feel anxious to hear how you got along in your school- am very much gratified to learn that you are so pleasantly situated have such a fine school to- But it is truly amazing? that your school should close with singing when you know so little about it- I suppose you can not tell whether they sing well or not As to many matters and in regard to your getting any from here I dont know any thing what can be done Tis true" there's property here- but as Sam'l Furbur says the more property a man has in Milo the poorer he is- Tis reckon'd I believe that Farms will not pay any more than 4 pr cent- and- the Taxes in the town are from 5 to 6 pr cent It seems sometimes as if C. did not manage so well as he might or he would not be so perplex'd and bother'd to get along but tis a fact that there are very few men in town' if any that do make a living of it, that have nothing but a farm to depend upon almost all To have some other resource C. always has you know. and does yet talk about leaving here and trying to get a living some where else but I dont see how he can do that either for he could not sell and he has nothing to start with unless he could