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Warwick Dec 29th 1832 1832 Dear Mother I received your long expected letter about a fortnight since and having leisure this afternoon I will employ it in telling you that I am well and informing you where I am, what I have been, and am doing. First I have for four weeks past, been engaged in teaching the centre district small school. I board at the Taylor's: My school consists of about 36, mostly under ten years of age. It is far more fatiguing than any school I ever taught, though a pleasant and forward one; I have a class in Olney, " & Parley" Geography & in Colburn and the Child's Arithmetic, none either in Grammar or writing. My Boarding place is in every respect pleasant: Dr Taylor is a very pleasant and social man, though one would hardly suppose so from a slight acquaintance with him: and you know what a kind and good, as well as agreeable woman, Mrs. Taylor is; they have quite recently been called to mourn; their youngest daughter, a bright and lovely Child of eight years died in fits, very suddenly, the day before I came here to board; Mrs. T. feels very deeply she wishes me to give her love to you, & wishes you would remember her at the throne of Grace in reference to her affliction that Sarah now the only daughter, is a young lady of a good mind, and truly amiable manners. they have five fine smart boys; the two youngest attend my school. I spend the evenings chiefly in reading and study, have plenty of good books, they board the master too, and keep two fires; My wages are quite small only $1,00 per week but that is better than none, and I am more pleasantly situated as to means of improvement, than I should be at any of my uncle's; the time however is short, but four of five weeks longer, after which I think I shall visit Royalston and Troy to stay a week or two, and what my course will be then, I know not. My last letter to you was dated at Aunt Conant's I spent three weeks there very happily I did most all my own sewing, cut & made Aunt a hood and assisted Ann Whitney in cutting a dress like one of mine, & visited at Ms. W. while there, the only visit except one, which I have made here. I have yet spent much time at Grandmother'd except a day when Aunt Coleen was there she staid one week in town came without husband or children. I should think there was a great change in her. I heard her say very little upon religion, but Eliza Rink told me that she talked with Grandmother considerable, spoke of the manner their family had been brought up, & said