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Winter, and found it was the custom there to wear
stockings in that way. The studies we attended to
were History, Geography, Arithmetic, Astronomy,
Philosophy, Rhetoric & Grammar, but as we left
school before we had finished we were perfect in neither
branch, our accomplishments were music & drawing
the former I have given up, & the latter I learnt
two quarters of, we left the North unexpectedly &
were therefore unfinished in every thing. I left
school at thirteen, & think I deserve great credit for
being even as well informed as I am. I have a great
taste for improvement, & derive the greatest pleasure
from reading. I never feel lonely, even when alone
& always have enough, sometimes too much to [employ]
me. But to return - my brother had a great many
intimate friends who loved us also, and to this
day, though far separated, cherish a sincere regard
for us. One of them, now in Maryland loved us too
much for his own happiness, & would give the world
to be able to see us again. The others are scattered
about in different states, and it is most proba-
ble, we may never see them again. We remained
stationary in New Haven, except during our vacation
which we generally spent at a farm house, or vil-
lage a few miles from the town. When we
went to house keeping it was delightful, we lived
near one of the kindest of old ladies, who loved
us so much that she wished Mamma when
she returned home, to leave two of us with her