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This has been a cool and rainy day. I feel
quite motherly now a days, having the care of a
family of 5 children myself and one domestic [?],
Every thing so far has been agreeably to my wishes
But it is no very small task I assure thee
to take the responsibilty that now devolves on me.

Did not rise early enough this morning to finish and
send this important letter, therefore was obliged
to leave it until to morrow morning. This has been
another rainy day. Can it be possible that this
is the 15th of the month, dear me Fall will be
here before I shall be aware and I shall with a
joyful heart be sailing up the Hudson with
the pleasing prospect of once more visiting my home
if nothing occurs to blast this blooming hope.
Where are our folks have they entirely forgotten to write
Please tell Father a line from him and Mother would
be most joyously accepted; notwithstanding he is no
longer Post Master I hope he will not entirely
forget to write. I called at at F. Brown the Post masters
last night. he asked me who this post-master was
that wrote to me. I answered him as well as I could and he
said it was a very convinient way. I said yes. Just
ask Dr. Corliss if he wants some abolition scholars, tell him
they are handsome and sick and every thing that is amiable and good
but the stick is they are black. G.P. spoke in
her last [?] G [Portens?] visiting New Rochelle this
month he will have to come ere long if he does

Susan B.

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P.M. Theodore has really met with quite an
accident. I should think his pride (if he has any)
would be mortally wounded I feel quite anxious
to know the decision of the Police. I am now
fully convinced of the debased state of Theodores
mind and hope this misfortune may prove a sufficient
warning for his reformation. I have long thought
the antipathy of that family towards ours would
in some manner be exposed before the public.

We had quite a noise in New Rochelle last
fifth day, for nothing more nor less than that
[Malte?] had been visiting a friend of his near
this village, and was going to pass though it that
morning. A band of music was sent for from the City,
and most splendid the music was too. Malte,
called at a friendlie house, where a large
number called to look at him, as if he
were a poppet show. Really a person would
have thought some angelic being from the heav-
ens above had descended, for human beings to
look upon, to have heard and seen commotion the
whole village was in, here was a mother after
her children to go and see the great man and
there was a school teacher running with one
child before and half a dozen behind her, but
where was I, why I, by mustering a little self
government conluded it would be as well for
me and my family to remain at home and suffer the
President to pass along in peace without beholding
his noble face. He was to dine at Washington Irvings
near Tarry Town and then to proceed to his native
home. Malte drinks wine therefore I do not like him as that past

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I have just recieved a letter from [?] [A?] [J?] Dickenson, and such a dressing as he
has given me for talking to about wine and cider as can't be beat by any body, the
quantity of blackgaurd can't be measured but hardly, but I guess it is tit
for tat with [us?]. He says he was at grandfathers about three weeks ago, grandmother about
as she had been. I do sincerley hope our folks will not by and by begin to
think wine is harmless and therefore they can offerit to travellers but what have
I written that or are they not strong as some in the [faith?] than myself.
I wonder if the Battenville and Comstall folks are as puzzled as to [?] out
my letters as Uncle A. J. says he was but it is sometimeshard work to read the
truth.