p.

I want you to let me know. and I will send
it to you I suppose some paper and envelopes
will not come amiss and she wants to know the
exact way to direct your letters so the box
will not get mislaid. I have rented the same
house I am in for next year [Skile's??] did not notify
me to leave it and when I paid my rent they
asked me if I were going to stay in it another year
I told them it was owing to what arrangements
could be made they said I could have it at
the same price I had last year without security
or writings so I told them I would keep it
your father talks of going to the army in the spring
on a money making expedition but what I do not
know Geo. was here the other day he said he was
going to Beverly again he wanted me to Board
[J?T?udie] till spring but I told him I could not
do it for it was as much as I could do to do
my own work and take care of my children
but I did not tell him the main reason which
was the pay Andy Prentice told me he had written
to you some time ago and you had not answered it
David Porter has got back from the army
if you know anything of Thomas Cole let me know