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Hartwick March 12th 1806

Honourd Mother. I now take my pen in hand to inform you that we receivd your letter last in Cooperstown I was verry glad to hear from you and all well at present but we have had verry bad colds all except myself Henry was the worst I wanted Mamma to nurs him up then I was afraid he would be sick but he has got well again Mrs Lomis is our nearest neighbour is a verry good doctor now is verry kind in sickness she come Template:Dom & nursd hin up as well as Mother Hayden would I think we have got verry god neighbours here indeed the more I get acqainted the better I like them it is a great deal stricter here on the account of religion than it's in windsor I feel quite pleasd with our place more so than I expected I should I think our prospect is verry Template:???? at present there seems to be a prospect of making something more here than there use to be down to windsor Ihave got my kitchen furniture again & as much a I had before only a few small aticles it is quite as good as it was before the girls wrote they had spun sixty run but I hant spun one thread I have got twelve pounds of flour engaged so I shall spin sum after a while. I hant heard much said about martins fir but I most think we can get some for Julia for 5 shillings a piece in the cours of a year but she must not flatter herself too much of haveing any yet I hope Template:& wont sew us for his fir cap I hpoe we shall have some for him before another Template:Winter