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Post, Amy Kirby. Letter to Mary [?].

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are better, his head no worse, but he is so wakeful nights that it is hard for them both. Grace is away now, buying wool in Ohio - Sister Sarah comes in frequently but is not as bright as usual. I hope she will feel better and stronger soon as the weather gets more settled. William and Mary have been boarding with them several weeks while their house has been undergoing a pretty thorough repair, and a kitchen addition, the convention today [illegible] a commendatory resolution of the life and social character of Lewis Burtis. The vote was taken by uplifted hands, I could not raise mine, though my heart said "peached to his ashes," and spirit, also.
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are better, his head no worse, but he is  
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Well, Mary, I think some of these days on Earth we shall meet each other again. Oh that the distance was not so great between us, or that we had aplenty of money to spare for traveling purposes.
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so wakeful nights that it is hard for them  
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What is going on in the west, will it go on right without thee, don't let that wicked man go unjustly free. Dr [Bardan?] is now in the city. I have not seen him - all in usual health. Isaac & willie love thee - and accept abundance from Amy
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both. Grace is away now, buying wool  
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in Ohio – Sister Sarah comes in frequently  
 +
but is not as bright as usual. I hope she will  
 +
feel better and stronger soon as the weather  
 +
gets more settled. William & Mary have  
 +
been boarding with them several weeks  
 +
while their house has been undergoing  
 +
a pretty thorough repair, and a kitchen  
 +
addition, the convention today passed
 +
a commendatory resolution of the life  
 +
and social character of Lewis Burtis.  
 +
The vote was taken by uplifted hands, I  
 +
could not raise mine, though my heart  
 +
said "peace to his ashes," and spirit, also. <br/>
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Well, Mary, I think some of these  
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days on Earth we shall meet each other  
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again. Oh that the distance was not so  
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great between us, or that we had aplenty  
 +
of money to spare for traveling purposes.
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What is going on in the west, will it  
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go on <u>right</u> without thee, don't let that wick-
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ed man go unjustly free. Dr [Bardeen?] is now  
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in the city. I have not seen him – all in usual health  
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Isaac & Willie love thee - and accept abundance from Amy

Revision as of Oct 18, 2023, 2:32:40 PM

are better, his head no worse, but he is so wakeful nights that it is hard for them both. Grace is away now, buying wool in Ohio – Sister Sarah comes in frequently but is not as bright as usual. I hope she will feel better and stronger soon as the weather gets more settled. William & Mary have been boarding with them several weeks while their house has been undergoing a pretty thorough repair, and a kitchen addition, the convention today passed a commendatory resolution of the life and social character of Lewis Burtis. The vote was taken by uplifted hands, I could not raise mine, though my heart said "peace to his ashes," and spirit, also.
Well, Mary, I think some of these days on Earth we shall meet each other again. Oh that the distance was not so great between us, or that we had aplenty of money to spare for traveling purposes. What is going on in the west, will it go on right without thee, don't let that wick- ed man go unjustly free. Dr [Bardeen?] is now in the city. I have not seen him – all in usual health Isaac & Willie love thee - and accept abundance from Amy