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Marietta Ohio, July 1st 1860 Dear Brother & Sister, We recieved your letter a short time ago, and now I sit down to reply

a [unclear] to write you one. Our School is doing

well and I am highly pleased with it. Brother Weaver and myself manage it now. It is of a different character from any that I ever taught it is of a higher grade. The scholars more advanced and since I got "rid" of Mr Potter all goes nice. We are keeping house, and have a fine situation and enjoy ourselves well. You ask if we could not do better to board out and Abby & myself manage the school. No, for she is now situated so as to go into the school and take charge of it & we can take a few Boarders and make our living from them as well as not & this get along much cheaper than otherwise. You say that you don't