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will be acceptable. - We had a very quiet, lonely Thanksgiving - no one of our kindred to
come and share with us, - there were two besides our family - a friend of Rosaland's,
and Roxy C. - I dined alone. We made little preparation, as there was no one to oversee it,
but we had sufficient to excite our gratitude, both in quantity and quality.

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so that there is [no?]t a great deal of self-denial required. - yet if a comfortable con-
dition of body could be the result - there is no sacrifice of this kind, that I would
not be willing to make: well this is a long story of self, - and yet I have seen no way to
make it briefer - and give thee a satisfactory detail: thy cousin has been quite
poorly for a few days, but is now much better: G. and R. too, have been unwell with
colds, and dear R. feels very heavy hearted just for his favorite - Trump - died
yesterday morning after a short sickness, something like lung fever we think, -
I sympathise very much with Rowland, for he was very much attached to his ca-
nine friend, - and the attachment was fully reciprocated. - Trump was a very
pleasant affectionate dog, - and we all feel his loss, his death makes quite a vacan-
cy in the family, strange as it may seem to some. Rowland took a capital likeness
of his head, ere he buried him, and we really prize it, I assure thee: - to some
this would seem like a very foolish item to communicate, but I cannot help
it, - and believe thou will appreciate our feeling.

Cousin David passed away very quietly about 8 o'clock, on the morning of
the 27th of last month, and was buried the 29th: thy cousin R. was not well enough
to attend the funeral, but went up the day before, and staid a while: Sarah
told him there was little change, - she thought he was conscious that the end
was nigh, tho' he said nothing: none of his children were there at the close, which
to me seems very, very sad: to me, there is something inexpressibly painful in the
idea of a death bed [unsathed?] by affection and kind ministrations from loved
hands, - and what amount of wealth can be an equivalent for the tender acts
and words [prompted?] by loved and loving hearts? I could far rather be poor, and en-
joy the soul's richest treasure, [underline]love[/underline]. - It is thought by many, that the settlement of [underline]this[/underline]