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Marietta says she like to have you write to her as a friend I have not heard anything from Ohio or indianna since I wrote to you before Fanny says tell you she is getting religious I suppose she means in the way of going to parties and so forth she has been to a good many this winter only to one dance I believe Jefferson Newel has requested the priveliege of waiting upon her and he is here to night I think he is quite a worthy young man I should not be surprised and that would be a match in time his Mother is quite anxious it should be and from what I have been of him I think she would be doing well he acted very gentlemanly asked her permission and Macs and mine before he came whe you write tell me what I said in my letter of the 18th Dec that gave you to think that I doubted your word it must have been one