p.

thine - perhaps they are A.D.A. - Timothy
has not got letters from home regularly
of late - every thing is deranged - & every
thing looks sad - I had a letter from T.
also from Ann this week - he is well
& pretty well suited with his business
on the farm with uncle John at $20
per month - Ann had just received
several letters from the army & also
from Morrisville - one from Susan -
she spoke of thee in terms of much kind-
ness & Ann thinks James bids fair to get
a warm place in her kind heart -

I told thee in my last that Philip and
Ellen are married - - I have been
to Horace's this week & staid two nights -
had a pleasant time - & Mary came home
with me & Charles went with her to the
village where she still is - she wished
to go into the house & to see the monu-
ment - which is indeed a great work of
art - beyond anything which it has been my
lot to see - I think it unfortunate for the

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young artist that it was completed at
a time when the attention of the legis-
lature is so much absorbed with affairs
of [deletion] graver moment - that I fear
he will hardly receive the pecuniary re-
ward that he so richly merits - I under-
stand that the $2000 that have been
appropriated, only give him common
day wages, after paying for his block, which
cost $400 - - I am now expect-
ing to go to Ferrisburgh next 2nd day to
be at monthly & quarterly meeting - but do
not think thee had better direct letters
there as I fear I should miss of them
continue to write as often as thee can, &
our folks will keep me informed -
I went yesterday to J.G.P's - his wife was
feeling very [underline]Thankful[/underline] for her short visit
from Jacob - her last letter from Isaac
informed he had been quite sick - I wish
thee had been more explicit in rela-
tion to the co. as I feel very great inter-
est in it - so do we all - we will be