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to try to reconstruct society - to form Cooperative companies - and if they do
make out anything worthwhile I will inform you tho' you [per]adventure
have no need to adopt any new systems yet I have good reasons to hail with hope
any new thing - which has for its ultimate object the the amelioration of a large [illegible]
of minds not fitted to act for themselves - such as would no doubt fit in some niche
and be realy useful if they [illegible] be so placed ____ I know men & women
who are not appreciated at all because the niche has not been yet found by
them. How should the looker on know where [this?] [shoe?] [finds?], - while the wearer
is in pain the shoe looks well enough. ____ I think on looking over my letter that perhaps
I have told thee all about it before _ My memory is very [treachesory?] and yet I think it
is because I am so full that I cant take in every day details ___ But alass for the
"Memory" [illegible] [avid?] seems as to the trifles of domestic life (in which mine mostly
fail) [now?] momentary concerns of this life I am alive and never
was more keenly so at any previous time. I am induced to believe that the
[Spiritual?] army is in [array?] and and we who have firm age or inability
excused from participating assisting in labour are all the man made
participants in the [strike?] for the uprising of True and Justice ____
Our friend [Lucretia Moll?] has had large experience and she has worked
with and for the Truth now as stature wanes she is still working and with the
same zeal I trust it has been all for the best that she has so signally held the
meeting together in the [lily?] of Brotherly love ___ Rachael [illegible] was here on 6th day
(of the [illegible]) but left 7th day morn _ She is engaged with 6 other "ladies" in trying to re-
form "the worse than the 5 points" of [illegible]. She is the same pompous body
but she seemd more humane and improved in her ways so let each work in
her way _ I dined with her at Mary Van [Cleifs?] (near the Hall on [Plumb St?]
she will always make herself [formal?] in [talk?] and I was willing to listen
[illegible] is a sister of Anna Halsted Phebe [Kips?] and a Brother reside here,
and make a family formerly of [illegible] [illegible] _ Many others like them [resort?]
here for the sake of health ___ And now as I near the end of my sheet I will
add that I have enjoyed freedom from pain of any kind since my recovery and
my [good?] [dignity?] as well or even better than childhood The Liver seems healthy
I attribute much to a uniform diet no [meats?] but Milk mostly without butter as it is
difficult to get good and we only have it [nice?] from [Symrna?] from where we have
2 [froking?] each fall. here it is worth 50 cts so that very little is used by us we have
made from one little Jersy cow enough in summer _ I want [Nilly?] to come out here
in Peach time (that is if our 200 trees bear as well as several peach orchard did here
he must come and try [our?] lovely climate when he has to go somewhere__ instead
of going to Colorado- I case [H L?] letter has not reached thee I will add that it seems
best for me to invest the sixty dollars, [hece?] and so you will forward on any
way Jacob may think [best?] with unabated love thy friend
Sarah E Thayer
Hope thee may let me hear from