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Do you not miss Mr Tucker somewhat as he writes me
that he is now permanently located in business in Boston
& visits P. [Pepperell] but twice a week & will you not miss his family
when they move from P. as they probably will do soon
if he intends remaining in Boston. For my part I
should miss them very much were I to return to P &
find them gone for I consider them true friends to
me, & I can assure you that the many letters I recieve [receive] from
them tends to make my present situation more pleasant
& excepting Mother, Sister & Brother I have no better friends
in this world than Mr T. & his family. I have recieved [received]
letters from some of them by every mail I believe since my
arrival here & I have also written him by nearly every
mail in return & I hope our correspondence may con-
tinue on uninterrupted. Perhaps, you may find Mr.
C. Lewis to be as kind & obliging as Mr T. & himself & wife
(which I suppose he is now blessed with) to be as good friends
& agreeable neighbors as Mr T's family, & I hope you may.

You must write me about how you think Mr Lewis
is getting along & whether or no [not] you trade there as much
as formerly. I think by close application to business &
hard work Mr T has done very well there & perhaps
I might have been better off had I remained at
home & taken the store of him as I probably could
have done so. But I trust that all's for the best.
H.A.P. [Henry A. Parker]

[written vertically on the left over the main text]
June 15th I am as well as usual, although we have had a hot day I shall
say but a few words this evening as I wish to write a few lines to Harriet
& to Mrs Tucker & the mail closes at 10 Oclock [O'clock]. I have no news to write
excepting the loss of the Steamer Sea Bird. She was wrecked while endeavor-
ing to assist the Clipper Ship Carrier Pijion [Pigeon] which arrived here a few days
since from Boston but unintentionally she ran ashore & is now a complete
wreck as well as the Steamer. No lives lost.

Give my kind regards to all my friends & love to Chas & Hattie

Your [illegible] Son
H. A. Parker V