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P.H. Chapon? erased Galesburg Oc 31st 1852

Dear Brother:
                           Your letter come to hand by due course of mail, but my duties are so onerous that I fine little or no time for letter writing - You must be contented with a short one this time then - ? got sick and has returned to Marietta - he will tell you all the news hence there will be no need of my suggesting anything about is - Jesse left here some four weeks ago for the Upper Mississippi - I could not prevail on him to Attend School or to stay here - And all that I could do was to let him go as he had money to go with which he had earned here - He said he would write me as soon as he stopped and got into business. But I have not heard a word from him yet and I begin to feel uneasy about him - You gave me a Statement of Your Affairs, and I was not in the least disappointed at the results. You ask me if I would stay here more than Another term, i would not stop there over night Myself as Teacher. Now, Since I have got here where they know how to treat a Teacher descent - Yet I do not wish to, neither shall I advise you Anything about it - I did not advise you to go there on the condition that you went, but to the contrary - But one thing I would do, if I stayed, and that is I would make the Trustees take the School and Pay me a Salary. That is what I stated