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wrote also urging you to go & c. You ask us to write what we think best for you to do. I hardly know what to say about it mother. If I thought you would enjoy yourself better with him than in New England & that it would be better for him to have You, Lydia, Jesse, & Myron with him I should say by all means go. If I thought it would be better for all how could I say otherwise? But I am fearful that it will not be the best thing that can be done. I am fearful that you would not be happy, that Abby will not be as happy & how can Raymond get along as well with you all as he can now? I am anxious for Jesse to go & live with him. I think it will be the best thing he can possible do. As regards Lydia I would say let her do as she thinks best. She can teach enough to pay her way & finish her education with him I suppose. And I do not know but she can do the same thing where she is. Abby I think is a noble woman & would do all she could to make either of you happy. You know sometimes it is the case that folks think their friends are a burden to them when in reality they are an advantage to them. I do not think it would be right for Raymond to take Jesse & Myron both. I am willing to see to Myron if he will to Jesse. As regards yourself I think you would be quite as happy living by yourself as any way. David & I if we have our health can pay your