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My eldest son graduated as a B.A. in 92, and as an M.D. in 95. He is now adjunct Prof of Chemistry in the Long Island Medical
College also Surgeon to the Fra illegible clinic. He has travelled considerably in Europe Africa and Asia. He is a large man
5 ft. 11 in and weigh about 200. My youngest son purposes studying law as soon as he Completes his literary studies. You would
sc arcely? recognize me I am grey and bald and weigh about 215 lbs. but I am still active and can get around as well as the
youngsters I still enjoy the woods, and often think of our ambitions and our dreams away up on the Holand River in the Village
of Bradford. I take a vacation every year and my youngest son and I hunt in Maine or in the Adirondacks or in Canada two years
ago I purposed going to California but went to Europe instead I have a farm about 30 miles up the Hudson River where I occasionaly
take a vacation and a rest. It is not however the wilds that you admire as it is with the exception of 20 acres of woodland
under a high state of cultivation, but to me it is a great rest. I can see the fruit growing and the crops and then I have
a lot of dogs, Collies so affectionate and intelligent, I have my cattle and my horses, and all