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but expect them here this summer. I wish you could come when they are here Mrs Carr was frequently at Pr du Chien I think
you know her You ask me to tell my work well it so happened by a great coincidence that the illegible ay your letter arrived
I began illegible lumber for repairs on the illegible tory house tomorrow I am illegible to begin tearing down muslin partitions,
that you spoke of I made a saw mill for Mr H this winter, have been operating it lately, this together with various jobs of
carpenter work the feeding of a herd of hateful gobblers is my terrestrial employment visible means of support I do not think
you will re- cognize me, like John the Baptist I dwell in the wilderness have a leathern girdle about my loins I wear sackcloth
when I camp out I have ashes on my head on my whole body in margin: There are two families in illegible besides some