p.

they are not so nice apples as I wish
I had to send but they are some of the
best we have this year for our best
trees did not bare and also some
of our best are our earliest so
them are gone - you had
better as soon as you get them
trim them out of the Barrel
for they rot very fast

thee must excuse me for sending
thee so small a present for I thought
of thee after I got home and had apples
to use and eat how thou had none
and I could not feel to relish them
so well when I thought [deleted]that thee[/deleted]
of it - - I want to hear from
thee and all of thy family please
write me a line when thee gets
the Apples and let me know if
they come safe they will be left
at the Depot Montpelier. I Do not
know whether they will go up to
Day or not I hope they will not freeze

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Didst thou go to Quarterly meeting
I would been very glad to have been
there but it was so that I could
not go - how is Paulina I think
often of her she must be very
lonely - and how are all thy
absent Children as well as those
at home - so I must close
with much love to you all
in haste Dianna M

Direct to Sharon