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My Dear Children Milo 15th Nov. / 53

                          Your very surprising proposition has been constantly thought of and faithfully talk'd of But I got before my story I mean to say that  C. reciev'd your letter last night. C thinks favorably of going and a number of circumstances seem to favor his going he had already sold 10 tons of Hay and Pratt's man is here today buying Cattle so that he can dispose of all he wants to at a fair price I suppose but what to do with the nice Grey Colt is the query he is big enough to sell or to work but has not been broke in so that he is not Saleable nor so Suitable to leave to grow

he has two younger ones 1 2 years the other one - which he means to keep Charles has a nice square Chamber finish'd off with a little Closet with shelves, & three nice large drawers on the South side of it & on the north a dark room large enough for a bed but design'd cheifly for a clothes room - has got the back chamber where the hir'd men sleep lath'd and plastered all nice. A granary & workshop in the west end of the woodshed so that he wont have to carry corn wheat oats & beans etc. etc. in to the chambers - wasn't you a leetle disappointed when Anna did not go to see you as she expected I have not yet learned the reason why she did not tho' I had a letter from her a few days since I shall know all about it when I hear from Lucy again

C. has just sold some of his Cattle to pay on the debt for all he has been so situated with Pratt that couldn't very well set his own price & now and 2 or 3 times before he has sold the cattle from 1 to 5 dollars more than he gave, just as soon as he got them before he drove them out of town. I wish C. was a little

right-hand side more like S.W. Furber about trading.