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Springfield March 2 1812

Dear Sisters I have received two letters from you & a presant which I was verry glad of Frances was so pleasd with hers she wanted to carry it to meeting last sabbath I have 16 pounds of cotton we are a spinning that we shall be gin to spin flax soon I expect to keep my girl all next summer I wish then Mothe could come & stay with me a spell next spring I believe it would be for her health if she wants an apetite let her come here she will have to make her knife & fork fly to get her part among us all we expect men here soon to build our sawmill. I do really wish she could come I think it would be the best doctor she could have perhaps she will say we have enough with out her don't be afraid of that Alla I wish you & Julia could come and make me a visit along won or short jest as your work will let you you must not look for me verry much next summer for I feel afraid to leave our children we have a great deal of work must be done on our farm this summer I think it will be uncertain we will come if we can you must calculate your business to come up her next fall som of you if you dont before you can come three times to my once & their is Esther tell her I want to see her so much I dream about her