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1869-09-25 Page 02

I am getting along verry nicely more so than I could expect My meals have cost me stil less these last two week than they did the two weeks that I wrote you about It was an avarige of $2.09c (two dollars and nine cents) per week my expense $3.09 (three dollars & nine cents) my whole expense of boarding. The steward think we can bring it down to stil less the next two week. It costs the average of studants $5.00 (five dollars) per week to live here. 
I have not assertained the price of rent as yet but I must try and do so as I said I would but I dont think you will like to live here for it may be that their are better places for Mary to go to school than here. but as far as the place is concerned I think we could live about as cheaply here as Conneaut with the exception of wood which would cost more. The very fact that our club lived for the price they did paying the

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I am getting along verry nicely more so than I could expect My meals have cost me stil less these last two week than they did the two weeks that I wrote you about It was an avarige of $2.09c (two dollars and nine cents) per week my expense $3.09 (three dollars & nine cents) my whole expense of boarding. The steward think we can bring it down to stil less the next two week. It costs the average of studants $5.00 (five dollars) per week to live here. I have not assertained the price of rent as yet but I must try and do so as I said I would but I dont think you will like to live here for it may be that their are better places for Mary to go to school than here. but as far as the place is concerned I think we could live about as cheaply here as Conneaut with the exception of wood which would cost more. The very fact that our club lived for the price they did paying the