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I want to hear more particularly about your affairs and about C. that mill is a provoking affair to Charles, but good luck may come up yet, is his teaming profitable? I should think it ought to be, for it must be hard work. I expect I shall find Lucy a smart, active, neat young lady, accomplished in all the important acts pertaining to housewifery. Eliah has done well, I should think, to get through his Arithmetic. If you want any little things, send I will do as I can about getting them/ Ann wishes to know whether you would have her send her chairs, globe, school apparatus or not. I am glad A has concluded to give up her school for I think there is quite too much labor for the profit and she has concluded to stay with me a while which I am very glad of. Now I have Aunt Esther & a Miss Buswell with me and I don't do so much as take care of my room as (unclear) work but I keep about house and sew &c Lucy was quite unwell a week or two ago but now she is well and smart. Miss Buswell has been here about a week and I expect will stay till Ann comes we want you should write also what how Joseph shall go whether in Packet or Steamboat he left school day before yesterday. 16 and now wishes to look about town a little before he returns he has had not time as yet to do anything but dig his books write part of your letter to Aunt E. she would be better pleased if you should Mrs Fosters. babe is about as large round as Lucy weigh's at 3 months 16b "a diamond (unclear)