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Post, Joseph. Letter to Isaac Post.

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will lead to perfection. It is now rainy
again is quite wet now has been very
nice time for planting corn we miss our
Thomas much had been here so long
and knew so well how to do but on
the whole an not sorry they are gone
so for the men we have I think try
to [suit?] and much quieter times in the
house and and am in hopes it will
continue. do not feel like sending
either of them with hay to market [so?]
are pressing it and carrying to the boat
do not get quite as much for it have
sold it at Roslyn for 90% percent
loose hay at Brooklyn sell from
[57?] to 125 [cts?] percent we are not farming
as largely as we have done [not you as?]
many cows do not plant as much [earn/corn?]
and not [mow?] quite as much as common
Edward Titus has lift home we have gone to take
[Superier?] in the [mincing?] [illegible?] have herd
with a new machine to [auch?] are the family
have been disposed to keep his concern [illegible]
much to [themselves?]
Joseph Post