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I want to hear more particularly about your affairs and about C. that mill is a provoking affair to Charles, but good luck may come up yet, is his teaming profitable? I should think it ought to be, for it must be hard work. I expect I shall find Lucy a smart, active, neat young lady, accomplished in all the important acts pertaining to housewifery. Eliab has done well, I should think, to get through his Arithmetic. If you want any little things, send I will do as I can about getting them/ Ann wishes to know whether you would have her send her chairs, globe, school apparatus or not. I am glad A has concluded to give up her school for I think there is quite too much labor for the profit and she has concluded to stay with me a while which I am very glad of. Now I have Aunt Esther & a Miss Buswell with me and I don't do so much as take care of my room of stirring work but I keep about house and sew &c Lucy was quite unwell a week or two ago but now she is well and smart. Miss Buswell has been here about a week and I expect will stay till Ann comes we want you should write also what how Joseph shall go whether in Packet or Steamboat he left school day before yesterday. 16 and now wishes to look about town a little before he returns he has had not time as yet to do anything but dig his books write part of your letter to Aunt E. she would be better pleased if you should Mrs Fosters. babe is about as large round as Lucy weigh'd at 3 months 16lbs it's as"a diamond coral? [upside down] Postscript I have just found the last letter but one which has not been answered, containing letters from Lucy, etc. but most of it is about singing school and is quite above my comprehension -- and Ann wants the room so I must omit it Jo. I am not learning to sing. Good bye Dear Sister They insist upon my writing though I have nothing of any consequence to write my health is much better here than when I was in Barnard but I do not feel as contented as I could wish & indeed I do not in any place as I do in Warwick. I left Samuel Conant very low with the lung fever I dont much expect to hear he is living I have not heard from Warwick except by A Gale he called at Mr. Lishop said they were all well. Remember me to Miss Naomi Lee in particular etc. to all other Enquiring Friends. Tell Lucy she must write to Maria Stevens she was much pleas'd with her other letter. Do write a long letter to me as soon as you can my pen is so bad I must needs stop for I can hardly make it go I am very glad Anne is going to leave her school on account of her health & for Almeda's sake too. It must wear her out too fast to keep winter & summer all the time. in haste E. Stevens Do write to Botray? as soon as you can. I dont know but her trouble is coming now,