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myself that I was able, and not connect myself with any businesses which would compel me to be out when I should be by a fire ~ and if I shall take any clerkship this winter I should be under the necessity of being exposed half my time to cloudy days or rainy weather. I could easily have procured and could now procure employment at some moderate ?, which would however, keep my during all weather down on the dock and amoung the shipping, from quite early until after the dews began to fall. I have not dared to attempt it. And again (in or out of business) if you were here to nurse and take care of me I should gain twice as fast. Now Savannah I believe to be a perfectly healthy city, and an excellent place to make money ~ and to commence business now-underlined. Real estate in three years from now will be 100 per cent higher. So you see I want these things ~ to have my own wife and children with me ~ And to start some safe, respectable business on my account no matter how small ~ and if any such business is successfully started here, it will most assuredly grow. The best commerce account that I can think of is to procure some small consignments on commission which would enable me to become acquainted with merchants, the course of trade ?. And I now begin to feel so smart, that I want to make this experiment this spring ~ And then perhaps be ready to make arrangements, when I return to New York in August and September, for something more permanent.