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1850s

Saratoga, Wed. morn

Dear Parents:

Here we are safe and sound at the Springs. We left Utica at five o'clock yesterday morning and reached here about one in the afternoon. Were obliged to stay at Schenectady something over three hours and had a little opportunity to look about. The city is very quiet - business seems almost at a stand - perhaps the effect of vacation in their college. In our wanderings we passed a school. The door was open and we had a fair view. The teacher was embroidering and one little child was demurely repeating his