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1846-03-09 Page 01
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The 9 of March 1846 I again take my pen in hand to address a far distant but still rememberd friend, and I think not a neglected friend & dream would not look verry well wrote but it was not less than of seeing J.W.M. last night in Pa. I hope it will come to pass before long. but I hope to wait patient till the time comes and that will be left to you I think I said in my last leter that next spring would suit me as well as any time I new of. if you cannot come in the spring may I look for you the first of August next. I do not want you to think that I want to herry you by no means or to put you off. but the reason that I wrote so particularly about this was that you may know my feelings as I suppose you wish to by this time. I will not say that I am willing to put it off any longer for you corrected me for saying so once before If you see fit to put it off till the first of Aug, I hope you will not stay at the south as late as you did last year on the account of sickness I wrote to you the first of Dec or about that time it was the day I went to the lake I stayed there about 3 weeks and thare I spent my new years day it was a verry pleasant day to me tho it rained quite hard the young people had a ride and went about 12 miles to Girard and there we touck dinner there was about 14 of us and all rode in one slay drawn by 4 horses, there was about [5?] strings of bells noys a plenty I spent 9 weeks in Erie bo a yeare ago and we had laud times attending singing scool twice a week and good slaying the most of the time and there was a parpy both christmas and new year eavnings. While I was there, there came a book to the ofice for me from J. Wills of Cin_ti there was some versis marked in it and my Uncle tuck it out of the ofice for me before I come home. when I came [Vertically, at left-hand side of page:] I had them repeated to me verry often. I spoke of them in a leter after receiving them though in a manner not verry becomming to me, or any one that profeses to be a friend I hope you have looked over it. though you have not sent me any of late but I hope you will [Vertically, at right-hand side of page:] May hapiness be ever thine And peace thy stepps attend Except this tribute of respect From one that is thy friend Margaret
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The 9 of March 1846 I again take my pen in hand to address a far distant but still rememberd friend, and I think not a neglected friend & dream would not look verry well wrote but it was not less than of seeing J.W.M. last night in Pa. I hope it will come to pass before long. but I hope to wait patient till the time comes and that will be left to you I think I said in my last leter that next spring would suit me as well as any time I new of. if you cannot come in the spring may I look for you the first of August next. I do not want you to think that I want to herry you by no means or to put you off. but the reason that I wrote so particularly about this was that you may know my feelings as I suppose you wish to by this time. I will not say that I am willing to put it off any longer for you corrected me for saying so once before If you see fit to put it off till the first of Aug, I hope you will not stay at the south as late as you did last year on the account of sickness I wrote to you the first of Dec or about that time it was the day I went to the lake I stayed there about 3 weeks and thare I spent my new years day it was a verry pleasant day to me tho it rained quite hard the young people had a ride and went about 12 miles to Girard and there we touck dinner there was about 14 of us and all rode in one slay drawn by 4 horses, there was about [5?] strings of bells noys a plenty I spent 9 weeks in Erie bo a yeare ago and we had laud times attending singing scool twice a week and good slaying the most of the time and there was a parpy both christmas and new year eavnings. While I was there, there came a book to the ofice for me from J. Wills of Cin_ti there was some versis marked in it and my Uncle tuck it out of the ofice for me before I come home. when I came [Vertically, at left-hand side of page:] I had them repeated to me verry often. I spoke of them in a leter after receiving them though in a manner not verry becomming to me, or any one that profeses to be a friend I hope you have looked over it. though you have not sent me any of late but I hope you will [Vertically, at right-hand side of page:] May hapiness be ever thine And peace thy stepps attend Except this tribute of respect From one that is thy friend Margaret
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