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since I have been here 3 invited parties the last one the, Minister the Mayor, the judge, Member of Congress the Elite to the number of 35 or 40 the tea sent round oyster soup - Biscuit & butter, cold meat (cut thin as a wafer) cheese pickles currant jelly & cake in variety & abundance a very pleasant time - good pleasant people - Anna & the Dr. seem to be lov'd & look'd up to by all the people round - and they treat me with mark'd respect I suppose for their sake - the custom here is to invite Families parents & children together one german Lady highly educated but could speak very little English her name Miss Eichradt - Hattie's Music teacher is a Miss Evarts an English Lady She comes once a week stays one hour she has between 20 & 30 other scholars has 8 or 10 dollars for 24 lessons - Hattie practices on the Pianna (sic) about 3 hours a day I tole Anna that it would be better for her to be washing dishes learning to do house work - She says she knows it would but she had begun 3 years ago & Custom must rule - I just enquir'd of the Dr the price of land about here he says all the way from 10 to 50 dollars an acre according to the location & that frequently there are farms to be sold old men that have got rich & are giving up business - I suppose there