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Springfield March 3 1817 Dear Sister I have neglected writing along time expecting to write by Frances we got a good chance for her to go to Windsor in January she was to set out her journey in a day or two but the snow left us & there has not ben enough since to go I expected she would have stayd a whill if she had a come we are all well Julia has ben quite sick with a cold & worms my girl that has livd with me has had a violent cold & cough was taken a raising blood and is verry weak and now her friends are a fraid of the consumption she has ben home two weeks she has a Sister that is a coming to live with me Hez is now gone after her she is said to be as good or better than her Sister she is older we hav had 37 yards of field Cloth stolen out of the shop this winter we hav pait for a part of it & expect to pay for the rest of it I have got som flax to spin but we hant spun a thread of it yet for Frances goes to school & I dont feell able to do all my work my self no boddy knows how hard it is to get along with a family of littles ones & great ones too except them that hav the trial of it I receivd your letter a few days a goe and ? it is a nice one and come verry right for I had no long ? one Fanny is verry much pleasd at the thoughts having a white frock I am verry glad of any of my Sister Julias things but I expect I have more