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can trust me that I should never accept a situation offered me merely because it might bring me a 'good settlement!' 'a good home? With regard to the short acquaintance: - he is an old resident of the place - well known, his character & standing established & eminently before the world. On the other hand I had been in Ms. Hopkins family two years, they feel that they know me. I am astonished at the high estimate they place upon me & the amount of affectionate interest they take in me. Now as to the man himself. He is indifferently called Judge De Witt, & Dr De Witt, both titles belonging to him: he is a native of Vermont educated at Hanover & studied medicine with old Dr. Twitchell of Maine - was for many years a practicing physician though not recently, is connected with railroad business, is president the Bank & has an old established apothecaries store. So much for his business. He is tall (six feet) rather elegant in figure & much very gentlemantly, converses well on all subjects with much sincerity of manner and quite a dignified bearing & every thing about him speaks of the real & unaffected in character & manner: it has however been a very trying question to me & many of my nights have been almost as wakeful as the day, but now all is clear, - I am satisfied & happy in the lot & portion provided for me so unexpectedly - in the blessing (for so I truly think it - My Heavenly Father has given me in the new friend. The consummation is to come sooner than