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                                                                                                            Bangor, Sunday, November 10th 1839

Dear Mother Sister et cetera I received a letter and bundle from Milo yesternoon, per A. Walker's office. Mr. Walker and James have both been gone most of this week, Mr. W. to Norridgewock and James to Hancock, where he is going to keep school this winter, they got back friday, So you see I have been the man of the house. The letter was excellent, but as far as the frock -- I guess it is no go -- I dont think I could wear it over my jacket or any other way hardly -- the sleeves are much to short and it is much to small round the neck and the whole upper part, round the arms too, while lower part is super abundantly larger. Marm? dont know how to cut out such a frock as that, I guess that the back of it must be cut in a separate peice, and very narrow at the bottom, whether or no something is the matter of this, it seem to pull right round somehow and towards the shoulders every way - can you tell how it suits me !! ha! I can get along about mittens till I come home, I guess. I need a pair of good, knit suspenders by and by. If you send any thing for me to sell, you must write how much they cost, are worth, or ought to sell for, cause I might get cheated, you know! I have got my coat mended etc. well. As for a chance for Ann to set up a private school here, I dont hardly think it would succeed. For besides Mr. Turners high school, which is very popular and a publick select school for girls taught by Mr. Valentine, a Miss, I believe, and Mr. Crane, into one ? your teacher have a select private school for young ladies, which is very popular, and attended by those too paid an assistant etc. to the public high schools. There are also very many common private schools seal over? schools (publick), one under good management and in very good esteem generally. There is no matier? french teacher. he now, I understand, Mr. [blank] has been a popular private teacher here many years, but since the public high school was instituted and before he took the publick select schools, he had hardly any scholars at all, most none. I have not been to Mr. Abbot as yet, and I dont know as I had better till there is a vacant situation which we should want to secure, and then I dont know but it would be just as well to speak only to Mr. Walker. He suppose is sufficient. I should suppose from what Mr. W. says, that a situation as a primary school teacher, could be obtained by any person qualified out any of the vocations - most, especially by a good -- but -- across letter You must write to me oftener all. I want to be home at Thanksgiving much what is to be done about it.