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Lucy June 1839 but lots of Ellises go. [in pencil] We have got two pretty beatiflies of Libby's, as ever you saw in your life. We had but had one of them killed. Sister Lute. Dear Isaac Brother

              I can't fix one of Joe's steel pens on. So a wrong stick, and he is using the right one, so I have to hold the pen right in my fingers, but I guess I won't any longer. So now I'll begin with the tother one. Isaac, I can tell you something that is very good news to me. I don't know as you will care about it either way.
              The "folkses" have sent for me to go to Boston to help Almeida do her work, Although I expect I shall see you 'face to face' & tell you about it before you will read this ere epistle. So no more of that now.
             "Brother Joe" has wrote or written so much to you that I suppose he has told you all the news. But I believe he has not told you about the "new neighbors." There is Austin & Mellen Rye & Barnard, Warren, Enoch, Augustus and Edward Ellis. They are trying to learn to navigate I guess, for they are down in the brook, paddling about on a raft that they made, every rainy day and half the time beside, most.
             Dolly has fatted up at a great rate; Mr. Shaw has offered Charles 20 dollars for her, but he asks 25. By the time he wants her again he will ask 30, I suppose. There has been a tall freshet here. The water did not quite cover our Intervale, but did Mr. Ellis's. Mother wrote to James and "amongst um" to let little Lucy come here with Martha when she comes back. but they said No. We did not expect they would let her come however. I don't know as Marm told you that Martha Lee and Moses G. are going or rather have gone with Naomi to Charleston Hospital. Is'nt it a pity I could'nt have known they wanted me there this Summer, soon enough to have gone with Martha? What beautiful showers we had the 2ed of June, didn't we? only the ground was so full of Water, that it did not seem to do much good.
             'Ieus' why don't you buy ruled paper? it is so much better to write on, and does not cost but a little more than the other. I went to Sebec to meeting the 19th of May. Mr.Sewall preached.
               I expected to start for Boston, the 6th of this month, but Mr. True Stubbs had the promise of our waggon to go to Brighton, so I could not.

June 4th We received your letter last night. Mr. Everett and Jim Dennett had the waggon. Jim he is going to Boston. was on his