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over seriously & if you think it an object to
accept my proposal, you will please write me
accordingly. One thing more, in case you should
return & come into my store I will assure you
that you shall make some thing more than a
mere living to begin with. (wish I could say I had
done as well as that since I have been in California)

Now do you not think this a generous offer?

I have a great mind to accept it without
further consideration, but then I cannot return
home at any rate for several months so I think
I shall be obliged to decline accepting his generosity.

Mr Tucker is certainly without any exception
the best friend I have got in this world with
the exception of you Chas. & Hattie. Do you not
think so? Lizzie writes me that she enjoyed her
country visit very much & that since she returned
to Boston she has felt a little homesick.

As I wish to write Mr. T. & his family I must
close my letter to you. Please give my love to C & H
& tell them I shall answer their letters as soon as
I receive them. Wishing you continued health
& happiness I remain,

Your affct [affectionate] Son

H. A. Parker. [Henry A. Parker]

To Mrs. Ann Parker E Pepperell Mass