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1860-11-08 Page 1
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Washington Yolo Co. Cal. Nov. 8h 1860 Dear Sisters Martha and Carrie Your very welcome letter of Sep 25h came to hand Oct. 29h and you will think me very slow in answering it, but I positively have not had time to write more than a few lines and I thought I would wait till I could write a good long letter. I have so much to say I hardly know where to begin. Well, 1st I am in good health, and feel better than I have for two months. I have fallen off more than twenty pounds this summer, but I am beginning to gain again since the weather has been cooler. My school on the Lagoon closed on the 2nd inst. I taught there eight months and didn't whip any or have any trouble of any kind. On the last day I had a thorough examination of all the classes, interspersed with speaking and singing. We sang seventeen songs. We had the best order, and the examination gave the most entire satisfaction of any I ever witnessed. After the examination I read the credits and gave to each scholar a reward, the value of which was in proportion to each ones credits and good conduct. The rewards cost me ten dollars. Emma Fitzpatrick a little girl not quite eight years old took the first reward, a fine gilt gift book worth a dollar and a half. We closed by singing "Good By." I had taught there
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Washington Yolo Co. Cal. Nov. 8h 1860 Dear Sisters Martha and Carrie Your very welcome letter of Sep 25h came to hand Oct. 29h and you will think me very slow in answering it, but I positively have not had time to write more than a few lines and I thought I would wait till I could write a good long letter. I have so much to say I hardly know where to begin. Well, 1st I am in good health, and feel better than I have for two months. I have fallen off more than twenty pounds this summer, but I am beginning to gain again since the weather has been cooler. My school on the Lagoon closed on the 2nd inst. I taught there eight months and didn't whip any or have any trouble of any kind. On the last day I had a thorough examination of all the classes, interspersed with speaking and singing. We sang seventeen songs. We had the best order, and the examination gave the most entire satisfaction of any I ever witnessed. After the examination I read the credits and gave to each scholar a reward, the value of which was in proportion to each ones credits and good conduct. The rewards cost me ten dollars. Emma Fitzpatrick a little girl not quite eight years old took the first reward, a fine gilt gift book worth a dollar and a half. We closed by singing "Good By." I had taught there
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