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Marietta Ohio, July 1st 1850 Dear Brother & Sister, We recieved your letter a short time ago, and now I sit down to reply or rather to write you one. Our School is doing well and I am highly pleased with it. Brother Weaver and myself manage it now. It is of a different character from any that I ever taught it is of a higher grade. The scholars more advanced and since I got "rid" of Mr Potter all goes nice. We are keeping house, and have a fine situation and enjoy ourselves well. You ask if we could not do better to board out and Abby & myself manage the school. No, for she is not situated so as to go into the school and take charge of it & we can take a few Boarders and make our living from them as well as not & thus get along much cheaper than otherwise. You say that you don't know as you shall teach any longer than this Session, and that if you leave there Sarah will stay and take charge of the Ferndle Department. Now after all the pains that I have taken with her in years long since gone by, when she had no other Brother who would raise his hand to assist her, and after getting you your situation there I cannot for my life of me concieve why you and she take that course when you know that I am as

[written along left side of paper] to Achsah to come back with him. So we are anticipating fine times if you come too. Brother George boards with us and assists in school besides preaching. He buried his wife, last Apr. Had been married but little more that a year. My corner is full and I must close, so good bye till I see you, yours affectionately Abby -