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Mother Milo Maine Oct. 20th 1856 Dunbarton Milo Oct. 20th 1856 My Dear Children I thank you very much for Netties good letter of Oct. 7th what warm weather we have had almost all this month I have been helping Albina was today Tis more than I have done at that business in all the time that I have been gone from here I find my strength is very much less than it was last summer I have grown older but my health is very good for a person of my age I think I have been here 2 weeks today begin to feel quite at home again - I always feel a little discontented & uneasy a few days when I first come home after being gone for some time - Percie is just as happy & contented as a child could be ever since he has been here he & Mary agree very well Mary is now a very smart & good little girl. The children very often speak of Mayo Dear little Mayo how much I did love him - hardly an hour in the day but he has been in my thoughts since I have been here - But let us rejoice that he and the