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self with the enjoyment and reciprocity of affection, and who writes these few lines, thinking that it will be a pleasure and comfort to you to have somewhat to re- mind you of him, while study and distance prevent you from seeing his face so continually as you have lately been accustomed.
Please close all I would say by reading with me the last lines of the beautiful poem of Thanatopsis. I need not
say with how much love to you I remain,
J. w. R.
��Boston, Thursday, Sept. ist, 1853. Dear Frank,
Anna invites you and Stanley to come to us when your school term commences. My mother expresses satisfac- tion at the invitation, and says that your coming will give her no inconvenience. So there need be no fastidiousness on that point.
Belinda is at Stow. Please say to your mother that she
sends love to her, and asks if none of your family are
coming to Stow while she stays. She will be glad to see
your father and grandfather, if either shall be pleased to
come, and it is now the season when drives are most
pleasant. I shall ere many days be there myself, and can
aid in making time pass pleasantly to them. Tell your
grandfather that we now have opportunity to use a better
horse than could be obtained when he was at Stow before,
and that I desire to have him see some of the neighboring
towns, which present prospects such as you are as well
able to describe to him as I,
Love to all. __ . , „ .
Yours with affection,
J. w. R.
N.B. Don't get drowned.
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