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Jun 21, 2021 catslover Jan 28, 2021 Middlebury College Special Collections	p. our health are about as good as usual except my [?ness] in one of my nee which has been quite troublesome ever [ere?] returned from the east. [W?] L health seems to be improving so he can [do?] [?] [higher?] work he is now making [chese?] [boxes?] has [made?] near 300 we feel a goodeal encouraged about him. In much love to thee in which [Sylvia?] and the children join me I [remain?] as ever thy friend William Dean [page break] North Ferrisburgh 8 Mo 29/61 Respected friend R B Stevens On arriving home last eveningI found thy acceptable letter was glad to hear from you but was not a little surprised to hear of thy interesting [son?] [W?] having enlisted in the Army after being so tenderly brought up, and instructed in the Christian principals as laid down by our [underline]saviour[/underline], whose commands were to love our enemies and pray for them that deceitfully use us, these commands I believe must ever stand before him in [capital?] letters more [b?] than all the Stars and Stripes, so long as there is one feeling in our heart to look to him for preservation and support and as he has [emphaticle?] declared that he that takes the sword shall perish by the sword, which I believe	p. our health are about as good as usual except my [?ness] in one of my nee which has been quite troublesome ever [ere?] returned from the east. [W?] L health seems to be improving so he can [do?] [?] [higher?] work he is now making [chese?] [boxes?] has [made?] near 300 we feel a goodeal encouraged about him. In much love to thee in which [Sylvia?] and the children join me I [remain?] as ever thy friend William Dean [page break] North Ferrisburgh 8 Mo 29/61 Respected friend R B Stevens On arriving home last eveningI found thy acceptable letter was glad to hear from you but was not a little surprised to hear of thy interesting [son?] [W?] having enlisted in the Army after being so tenderly brought up, and instructed in the Christian principals as laid down by our [underline]saviour[/underline], whose commands were to love our enemies and pray for them that deceitfully use us, these commands I believe must ever stand before him in [capital?] letters more [b?] than all the Stars and Stripes, so long as there is one feeling in our heart to look to him for preservation and support and as he has [emphaticle?] declared that he that takes the sword shall perish by the sword, which I believe

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