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I rec.d from you Francis your letter in regard to fish,
& have attended to yr order, & since our return from Balto I have
been informed by yr note that the draft was rec.d & Higgenbotham
w.d be attended to. We expect to get to C Ville about on Wednesday
or Thursday. The weather has been so cold we cant half attend to
our matters. I am now sitting by the fire with my overc.t on my
shoulders, writing this. We heard Dr. Roberts of Balto preach today,
a good sermon, & we communed with the Alex.e friends. They
seen to be a more loveing & devoted people than those we left behind.

I think we shall have to get a good part of our supplies,
(furniture etc) at C Ville. It is high here & the fr.t very high.
We shall have to stop with you a faw days. Can you accomodate us?

I notice what you say about my deposite in Bk. & am not
at all surprissed, when you loaned me the 1000$ I thought you too
sanguine, but the offer being prompted by the kindness of yr heart
& desire to relieve & aid yr father, that I could not refuse & unhesitatingly
gratified you, persuaded at the time that it could
not be permanent, & therefore made the deposit in anticipation of
yr demands. It is a cheap exporience for you. Next year I have no
doubt you will be able to invest 1500$ permanently. Yr. expences
hereafter should not & need not exceed 1500$ & this is a large allowance.
Last y.r you had all to fix & buy, besides experience in
management. It was necessary & unavoidable. I hope you & Edward
will find the fund sufficient for yr demands.

This moveing enterprize I find is not so pleasant as it
might be. I have had a miserable cold which sticks to me like a
leech, since our return from Balt. I got Summy's letter by which
I find he got out safe, but the goods are still at Gordonsville.
I hope they may be got on at once. The carriage by exposure may
be damaged, or depredated upon if there is no responsible agent
there. Perhaps between the 2 companies it may be neglected & Summy
had better go down & have it sent up & pay the freight. I shall
send in a few days a roll of carpetting; a roll of oil cloth in
long Box, a Blk Smith Bellows, Anville, vise, Brass kettle, a
shower Bath, a refrigerator, some 5 to 7 Bbls fish, I keg roes,
2' Bbls sugar, 1 Bbl or Box China ware, 1 do Coffee, etc etc. Also
so e Bo es furniture Bales Beds etc etc all of which must be got
on soon.

I hope Summy will be manly & attentive to business till
I Got on. He ought to ride to Morven, & open the last boxes we
sent so as to air the beds & clothes, if damp. I hope our dear
Mary & babe are well. We want to find her so & in good spirits &
Edward I must not forget. We rejoice at his happy change. Accept
our best love for one & all.

We have concluded to let Howard preceed us a few days &
he will hand you this.