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Milo Mother M. Nov. 15 and 21 1853, {About Charles coming West} Du Quoin Dec 3. 1853

                                                                                                                    Milo Nov. 21st / 53

My Dear son Isaac

                                      Charles says he is busy he is also Lasy about writing or dont love to write. He always contrives to get me to do it when I am here. He has just returned from seeing Gilman he wants very much that he should go with him. He/Gilman/ was very much pleas'd with the idea of going at first. Offer'd to engage himself to Charles for 5 or 6 months at 1,25 a day time to commence when they started & C bear his expenses. Then he concluded that he could not go. He should need so much to furnish him with Clothes & tools etc. felt discourag'd about it. This afternoon C. has been away over to Sol. Henchfields to see him & he thinks now that he shall go Charles furnishing his outfit & money to bear his expenses amount perhaps 75, or 100, which he had rather do than go without him as he thinks to avail himself by Gilmans skill as a builder
  He has got a good steady man engag'd to come and stay here while he is gone & he intends to start from Bangor a week next Thursday/Dec. 1st/
 I dont hardly see how we can do without him But I want he should go, it will start up his ideas and do him good I hope if it dont fill his purse. I shall want to give you & Nettie many Charge about him for he is very very precious to us. In haste after 10 oclock to be sent early in the morning.

left-hand side Charles has got a cold, & has a cough he has had a cough in the winter for 2 or 3 years