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The apple was brought from its place of concealment
and presented to the person for whom it was origi-
nally designed, and the other one given also to the
rightful owner. I believe no punishment ensued, for the dis-
grace of being caught in a theft was thought sufficient pun-
ishment. This is the greatest fault I recollect to have commit
-ted while a child. When my brother was about sixteen,
Susan twelve, Anna ten, I nine, and Daisy seven, Mam-
ma thought a residence at the North for a few years would be
beneficial to us in every aspect, She fixed upon New
Haven as having the best college and schools. We went
on in 1828 and remained there four years, the three first
years we boarded out, and the last year we kept
house which we found very delightful. We first went
to school to a Mrs [Tsham?], but afterwards to Miss Peter's
one of the best schools that can be, we were at her
school too short a time to derive as much improvement
as I would have wished. A girl put to her school
when quite young, and remaining until her education
was finished, would be as perfectly educated as at
any school I know of. The four years we spent at
New Haven is the happiest period of my life, with
a few exceptions we enjoyed perfect happiness. We
were at the age when we [he] had nothing that
could worry or distress us, we enjoyed the present
without thinking of the past, or looking forward
to the future, except with regret at the thought of
leaving New Haven. We boarded with Miss Baldwin