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now at Senecas they have just return-
ed from Monthly Meeting they came to
Senecas seconday evening from Barton
they wer blocked in there some days with
snow he said they didnot stop to Mont Pelier
but thought it would be on there way home
they wer 2 weeks in Farnum have not
been to Perue. Ann Dakin is yet fail-
ing a little, smarter some days but has
sinking turns frequently & they think
will not live long. We had a letter
from sister Mary Siple's Daughter
in Wisconsin informing us of the
death of her Mother she died the [4th?]
of this month with dropsey of the heart left a little daughter
7 weeks old the one next older about
twenty months there oldest son died
just one year before his mother there
are 6 children unmarried the oldest
girl about thirteen.

I will now tell the something about

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the young people for I have no
doubt but thee will feel an interest
in here ing from some of them alltho
there are many about here I'll not
mention & first I must mention our
dear little grandaughter born the
17th a well quiet child weights 9 1/2 lb I
staid with Esther one week she gets along
nicely no trouble any way thinks she
will go back to her own bed room
when her babe is two weeks old I am a-
fraid she is trying to be to smart as
they have other sickness in the house.
Mary Ann Noonan was very sick indeed
last week she kept her bed in the girls
chamber when Esther was confined &
the next night was very sick & seconday
the family wer all sent for thinking
she would not live through the night
she had several spells she thought
she was dying and going to dwell