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pr E. B. Smith
Edward will start tomorrow for the Uni. & I write you by
him `a la Scott' in haste having so much to give my attention to.
Will write more at length when I have more leisure. I ret.d from
Balto yesterday after a short visit, purchased but little of Hardware,
I had intended to get your silver ware, but deferred it for
a season. There is such variety to choose from I could not select
without consultation at home. More of this in future. Grandma is
very low & weak. We think she is sinking gradually. May our Good
Lord be with her & sustain her. The rest are well. We have many
mercies & have great blessings from our Heavenly Father about which
we ought frequently to think & for which we ought to be constantly
thankful.
I need not exhort you as to your plain duties. You ought
to be well instructed. Go on resolutely in your course of improvement
in mind & morals. Be determined to excell, & give "aid & comfort"
to Ed. Watch over him as one who must give acct. Let the
Smith family look up & aspire in the ascendant to usefulness &
worthiness. The field is large & the watchword is Progress. May
our ever kind & good Heavenly Father have you & all of us in His
care & keeping is the prayer of your affectionate Father
12000$. See it & give me a very full description of it, its location,
neighbors, water, fruit, wood, buildings, soil, convenience
to markets, road, transportation & schools, churches & also its
healthfulness or otherwise, which is very important. If not too
flat, but rolling & pleasant, not liable to wash by rains, good
neighbors, good waters etc etc etc it might do.
What is the character of the surrounding lands & what
farms. The farm might be like Belmont below Leesburg, good looking
but worthless land.
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