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to have me accompany them, and make
them a visit of a week or two at their moun-
tain home. I wish I could do so but at present
my business will not allow me to be absent
from it, as Mr Noyes [Ephraim Noyes] and myself are now
closely confined the whole time.

Sam [Samuel P. Tucker], and Chas. Wright [Charles Wright] are both well and
look hearty and rugged. I think they both like
the mines very well. Sam is fat, and does
not look much as he did two years ago when
he was here sick with the fever and ague,
and I hope he will continue to enjoy good
health so long as he remains in the country.

We have had a pleasant time for an
hour or two past, here in my room, talking
over matters and things connected with home.

Sam, Wm Shipley [William Shipley], Chas Wright [Charles Wright], William Keep,
and myself, have been together, relating to
each other, all the important items of news
contained in our letters which we have read
from our Eastern Friends of late, --- the different
changes that have taken place around our
homes, since we left them &c, and we all
seem to think we should like to be in Mass-
achusetts at the present time, for awhile if not
always. It pleases us much however as long
as we are absent from home, to receive letters
from our friends there I assure you, and
we hope we shall alwas [always] receive them regularly.