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4 you have much need to take care of your self is there any meetings in the district where you are you will know by this time
- is there any change in your Post office address let us know when you write - from your affectionate Mother 1 Dec. 1st
1861 Dear David For all the time you have been from home you have never wrote one word to me, it seems strange I want to know
if you are well and I want to know if you like teaching I hope you do, I hope you have made the best of your time at the university.
I understand you are coming home after your school closes. Your father has given John Reid the Badger hill eighty of land
next yours, and David Taylor has been here inquiring if your father would 06077