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Old Goodell and Fisher - the character, actions of your brothers children until his death Aunt Williams death and love affairs', and accounts also a description of Aunt Nabby - all given as much as possible in the sayings and every day occupations and actions of all in the way of conversations anecdotes &c. The process of converting flax into more find linen &c the state of the counting, manners of the period &c We think it can be done without being recognized and that the chief hope of success will be in simple details of New Eng. country life at that time - just after the revolutionary war - enlivened by the really interesting events happening in a large family some of their lives at least consuming much of variety and interest. You cannot have time to do much re send by Samuel but you can write a sheet at a time and send by mail to Lucy or to me enclosed in another and marked private and soon as convenient we want you to come here and stay with me here a month or two before I go up to Milo.

Eliab is very well and very busy just closing up summer work.