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You would like to go & stay with him about one month or so & then have the bargain put in writing. I would like to know upon what condition he would take you until you are 18. I would rather you would go till you are 18 rather than 21 for I want you to go to school some after that to some good Academy. You will of course go to school in winter while you are with him. I think from what you say that it will be a good place for you. You had better have Erasmus or Edwin or uncle Fry go with you to see Mr. Kendall & do the best you can. If you cannot get in there or some other good place of the kind you must let yourself to some good farmer for the next year. I hope you will get in with Mr. Kendall of Westminister. You had better attend to it immediately. But whether you go there or elsewhere remember that, you are farming your character for life, that your character is what you have to depend upon for success when you come to mix in the busy scenes of the world. Remember also that you are ever in the presence of God & as often as the day returns ask him to assist you in doing what is right. I want you to write me often & let me know just how you get